Sentences with phrase «cut food imports»

The blockade has cut food imports to seven million people on the brink of famine.

Not exact matches

And with many questioning the sustainability of importing so much food from so far away, we are beginning to ask if switching to a vegetarian diet to cut emissions caused by meat production is as sustainable as one might think.

Twenty - one member state agricultural ministers have urged the Commission not to cut agri budgets and called for extra emergency funds to help counter the Russian embargo on European food imports.

Agric Minister Fifi Kwetey assured government is committed to improving upon agric production and cut down on the nation's food import bill.

Knowing BOCs boss I would not be surprised at all if we move to negative nominal interest rates while inflation is at 8 - 10 % annually (of course the very move of cutting the rates down instead of raising it up will kill the CAD and the imports will skyrocket, including food, so 10 % inflation is pretty much guaranteed)

Across the U.K., vets are needed to certify imports and exports, conduct cutting - edge research, prevent disease outbreaks, ensure food safety in abattoirs, and achieve our world - leading standards in animal welfare.»

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