Health, energy, nuclear, transport .... In his plan to design and build France in 2030, the President of the Republic has detailed no less than 10 objectives at length, mixing all sectors of the economy.
La Ferme France has not been forgotten.
With a major challenge: that of continuing to feed a growing population in a "
healthy, sustainable and traceable
" way, in the words of Emmanuel Macron.
The plan will devote 2 billion euros to it, in particular in “breakthrough” innovations in agriculture. Three priority sectors have been identified: robotics, genetics and digital. "
This goes from data, to more resilient and more solid productions in bio-solutions, but also to agricultural robotics to get out of certain agricultural practices and certain pesticides
", specified the Head of State.
Paths already put forward during the revival plan for the start of the 2020 school year. This had devoted 1.5 billion euros to agricultural transition and food, in particular via agro-equipment or protection against change. climate.
A boost that will boost sales of agro-equipment in France by around 10% this year, according to the professional union of the Axema sector.
To buckle the buckle
With this massive new investment for Ferme France, the government confirms "
the central place of agriculture and food to meet the challenges of climate, biodiversity and demography,
welcomes Dominique Chargé, President of the Agricultural Cooperation
. As a link between production and consumers, cooperatives are obviously part of the solutions
”.
With less than six months of the presidential election, Emmanuel Macron does not forget to take care of the agricultural world, an important part of the electorate with 400,000 heads of farms in France. After having released an envelope of 600 million euros a month ago to finally close the thorny issue of crop insurance reform, Grégory Besson-Moreau's bill to "Protect the remuneration of farmers", known as Egalim 2 supported by the government, will be definitively voted this week. It stipulates that one cannot negotiate the price of agricultural raw materials in trade negotiations between manufacturers and large retailers.
Completing the circle of a five-year term started in 2017 with the States General of Food, the France 2030 plan therefore continues to show off at Ferme France. In detail, 600 million euros will go to research and development projects on varietal selection, the development of agro-robotics (weed control robots, sensors in the fields to assess water needs, etc.), or data analysis.
More than 400 million euros will go to projects on nutritional health such as R&D on ferments and the microbiome.
Or 500 million in equity to help farms negotiate new financing or help young farmers to set up.
"
If there are industrial investments planned in wood or food start-ups, the goal is that the plan draws the farm of tomorrow
", we confirm at Bercy.
Dominance lost
In this context, the breakdown of these sums remains to be refined in the coming months.
And should be an opportunity for food manufacturers - also placed as a priority by the president in order to eat better - to regain some of their lost domination on the international scene.
"
Provided that the reindustrialisation plan announced by the President also concerns the food industry,"
insists Dominique Chargé.
Let us not forget that without a processing industry, there is no agriculture
”.
