Are there ways to escape green terrorism? (VIDEO)
The Ministry of the Environment continues to repeat the mantra that agriculture is one of the biggest culprits in global warming, and that the increase in methane emissions is inexplicably linked to livestock farming.
Lithuania is committed to achieving climate neutrality by 2050, she said. This goal is also enshrined in the Government's Programme of Action. There is even a provision that Lithuania will achieve climate neutrality even earlier than 2050, said Ms Znutienė, confirming the view that the country is too pioneering in pursuing targets in agriculture that are not even required by the European Union. Emissions are rising in some sectors. We have not achieved the reductions in transport today. In agriculture, the situation is a little better, but the necessary reductions have not yet been achieved either.
A natural question that arose at the seminar was how emissions from livestock farming can increase when the number of cattle in Lithuania itself is steadily decreasing. Statistics show that since 2003 alone, which is 20 years, the number of cattle in Lithuania has fallen by almost 28%, from 895 366 head to 650 729 head. During this period, the number of dairy cows has fallen by as much as 54%, from 451 054 head in 2003 to 211 267 head in 2024.
How can farmers survive in this environment of green terror, and how can they not be attacked when environmentalists are seeking to regulate farmers even more strictly? This is what we talked about with Vigilijus Jukna, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Agriculture, Gennady Vorobjov, Adviser to the Minister of Agriculture, and business representatives at the seminar.
See this report on the „Agrobite play“ channel on „Youtube“ network.
