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Teltow (dpa / bb) - According to their association, the farmers in Brandenburg want to focus more on regionality in supplying the population and thus ensure sustainability - especially in the Berlin area.
To this end, the farmers want to build regional supply chains, among other things, as the state farmers' association (LBV) announced on Tuesday.
The location of Brandenburg's agriculture around Berlin for the provision of regional food in the entire metropolitan region offers enormous opportunities, according to a paper entitled “The new Brandenburger Weg”, which lists prospects for agriculture in 2030.
According to the regional farmers' association, around 300 million kilograms of meat and sausage are consumed in Berlin and Brandenburg.
The current Brandenburg production capacity is only a third of this amount.
Only a few percent of them actually ended up in the capital region, it continues.
By 2025, 300,000 Brandenburg animal welfare pigs are expected to be marketed in refrigerated counters in the capital region.
In the same way, market shares for beef, milk and dairy products are to be conquered, as the state farmers' association also said.
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For the implementation of the model region Berlin-Brandenburg, the LBV is calling for a special investment program.
The money should flow into new animal welfare stalls, digitalization, regional processing capacities and marketing.
«Together with the food industry in Brandenburg, we are ready to deliver.
What we need for this is the clear commitment of the state government of Brandenburg and the Berlin Senate to the new Brandenburger Weg as well as a broad debate by all relevant social actors, ”said LBV President Henrik Wendorff.
“Support from the food retail industry is absolutely essential.
Because of his strong market power, nothing works without him. "