15min the chairman of the Chamber of Agriculture, dr. Arūnas Svitojus and the chairman of the Environmental Safety Coalition, Lina Paškevičiūtė, shared their ideas and arguments on this topical challenge, which determines the standard of lifetime of not solely present but in addition future generations.
Arūnas Svitojus, chairman of the Chamber of Agriculture, and Lina Paškevičiūtė, chairman of the environmental safety coalition, within the studio of Greta Skaraitienė/BNS picture/15min
Are the disagreements actually as huge as they attempt to present?
On the very starting of the dialog, Arūnas Svitojus emphasised that farmers are effectively conscious of the risks posed by local weather change and are typically not once morest the inexperienced course: “We agree that the provisions of the EU inexperienced course must be applied, however they’re too drastic on this interval,” mentioned the Minister of Agriculture the chairman of the chamber, clarifying that the pandemic, the spike in meals costs and the warfare in Ukraine, which occurred in just some years, have already made the lifetime of farmers tough sufficient.
L. Paškevičiūtė, chairwoman of the environmental coalition, additionally tends to agree that there aren’t any extreme disagreements, and the antagonism between farmers and environmentalists is created artificially: “We’re extra like advisors who assist with our insights. If we fail to mitigate the results of local weather change, it won’t be environmentalists who will endure. The entire society will endure, together with farmers,” she emphasised.
There’s consensus on a wholesome relationship with the setting, however there are different points
No matter whether or not the opposition is actual or solely imagined, the issues are very actual. A.Svitojus singles out the event path of Lithuanian agriculture as one of many essential ones.
“The nationwide agricultural technique of Lithuania stipulated that the principle focus might be on sustainable household farming, with a give attention to animal husbandry. However in actuality, as an alternative of livestock, we’ve cereal crops. In different phrases, from 80 p.c We’ve turn out to be 80% of Lithuanian meadows. Lithuania has been plowed”, acknowledged the Chairman of the Chamber of Agriculture.
L. Paškevičiūtė has additionally observed the plowed fields of Lithuania: “After crossing the Polish-Lithuanian border, the distinction might be very putting, when in Poland we see many grazing cattle, and in Lithuania they’re instantly changed by plowed fields. This reveals that every EU nation can select its personal path of agricultural growth. We solely must remorse that, not less than in our opinion, Lithuania selected the mistaken path”, mentioned the chairperson of the Environmental Safety Coalition.
There was a dialogue regarding what path Lithuania will select sooner or later towards the background of the inexperienced course established by the European Union 15min on the “Your Voice – Europe” podcast sponsored by the European Parliament. The present is hosted by communications specialist and columnist Gintaras Gimžauskas.
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2024-06-02 05:00:46
