Finland: "Now cultivate all possible arable land"

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Finland: "Now cultivate all possible arable land"

In the New Finland blog, economist Tuomas Malinen appeals to increase agricultural production for this growing season.

"I therefore ask Finnish farmers to cultivate all possible arable land in the approaching sowing season and to hire as much domestic labor as possible in the coming harvest season."

He points out that well over 10% of arable land is set aside or nature conservation. According to Malinen, their introduction would significantly increase the level of wealth and enable neighboring aid, for example, for Sweden, which suffers from food self-sufficiency.

"I understand that many of you are afraid of overproduction and a collapse in prices. It is always possible, of course, but I consider the likelihood of a food shortage to be greater. Its effects on our society, as well as on Sweden, would be devastating," he continues.
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