The tit-for-tat sanctions between Russia and the EU and US is beginning to hurt farmers and the fishing industry.<br /><br />Russia’s ban on most agricultural imports is having knock on effects across Europe.<br /><br />In Hungary cheap Polish apples are flooding the market after Moscow introduced the sanction.<br /><br />Miklós Poór, a Hungarian apple producer, says the situation could force vulnerable famers to the wall: “Those who don’t have anything put aside, now I mean money, or those who have taken on loans to expand etc…well they could be having some very difficult times right now.”<br /><br />EU agricultural and fisheries ministers are meeting in Brussels today to discuss the situation and see what, if any support measures can be put in place to prop up producers. <br /><br />Our correspondent Andrea Hajagos in Hungary says:“If we look across the entire Hungarian economy, Russia’s agricultural sanctions will not cause extreme hardship, but for those on the frontline, the producers, could well be forced to shut down.”
