Minister wants to designate agriculture and food production sectors as critical infrastracture

Agriculture Minister Zdeněk Nekula said on Tuesday that he wants to add the agriculture and food production sectors into the country’s list of critical infrastructure. In an Agriculture Ministry press release, Mr Nekula stated that it is important to ensure these sectors remain well supplied if the country were to be hit by a lack of gas deliveries, so that food production can continue.

The statement was made ahead of a meeting of government ministers where Mr Nekula also plans to argue for CZK 270 million of EU financial support for the country’s most heavily hit sectors.