“Today in Brussels, during a meeting with the EU Commissioner for Agriculture, we discussed Albania’s participation in the Food Security Crisis preparedness and response mechanism set up by the EU following Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, which has posed a risk to food security all over the world. Albania will be part of this instrument, based on several short-term and long-term measures, which will assure the Albanian consumers and farmers of the necessary preparation to face this crisis,” said Krifca.

The Minister assured the European Commissioner that the entire agriculture administration will be available to meet all the conditions, and to be in line with the measures and responses according to EU standards.

To safeguard food security, the Commission established the EFSCM, which relies on a dedicated group of experts and a set of rules and procedures governing its activities. Stakeholder organisations that play a role in the food supply chain, as well as certain non-EU countries with food supply chains that are highly integrated with the EU’s, were invited to contribute to improving cooperation between the public and private sectors.
The Commission convenes the group of experts periodically to improve levels of preparedness. The group may be convened in case of emergency or crisis without delay and as often as needed, to contribute to the response. The mechanism is triggered in case of exceptional, unpredictable and large-scale events or risks that have the potential to threaten EU food supply or security.
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