Marie-Claude Bibeau, Canada’s federal minister of agriculture, participated in an emergency meeting with her G7 counterparts about how the conflict in Europe is affecting global food security.
Canada is among the top five donors to the World Food Programme.
Canada wants to do more, but the question is how, Bibeau said.
“While Canada, as a leading global agri-food exporter of many key products, is working with its allies on how it can assist efforts, Canadian wheat production was significantly reduced due to last year’s drought…,” she told Farms.com in an emailed statement.