MPs Geir Pollestad, Siv Sætran, and Ole Herman Sveian have tabled a proposal to bolster Norway's food preparedness. They argue that Norway faces an increasingly challenging security landscape due to geopolitical tensions, pandemies, and climate change, and that domestic food production depends on access to inputs like seed grain and seed potatoes. They call on the government to establish national emergency storage systems and expand grain storage schemes.
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The Storting calls on the government to create a national emergency stockpile system for both seed grain and seed potatoes, ensuring farmers have access during crop failures, import disruptions, or other extraordinary situations.
The Storting calls on the government to expand the food grain emergency storage scheme to six months of storage by 2030.
The Storting calls on the government to establish emergency food stockpiles in supermarket chains across all regions of Norway.
The Storting calls on the government to investigate incentives or regulations that can strengthen decentralized storage capacity throughout the food supply chain, reducing vulnerability from current centralized structures.