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Finland aims for food self-sufficiency
Audio 7:30 p.m.
Aerial view of an agricultural field near a forest in southern Finland.
(Illustrative image) © Getty Images - Miemo Penttinen - miemo.net
By: Juliette Rengeval Follow
2 mins
With the war in Ukraine, we are talking again about food shortages and food sovereignty. In Finland, a country bordering Russia, we are very aware of the problem.
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Finland , on NATO's
doorstep
, has only 7% agricultural land, one of the lowest shares in the OECD, and is home to the most northerly farms in the world.
For several years, the Finns have been developing solutions to limit their vulnerability.
They have also achieved food self-sufficiency for meat and cereals.
A report by
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, how to deal with the lack of housing for asylum seekers who are waiting to find out more about their future?
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, hundreds of thousands of immigrant children are not entitled to Italian citizenship.
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