The ongoing foot and mouth disease (FMD) outbreak is reshaping the debate around Cyprus’ agricultural model with Employers and Industrialists Federation (OEV) President Giorgos Pantelides on Tuesday warning that food security and livestock resilience must now become national priorities.
Speaking at the federation’s AGM, Pantelides said “agricultural production must stop being approached solely in terms of cost,” stressing that in today’s unpredictable global environment, self-sufficiency in food is fundamentally a
