Environmental NGOs dismayed by pesticide reduction plan 'pause' The measure announced by the government this Thursday aims to satisfy angry farmers, mobilized across France for several days. The 4th version of the plan, called “Ecophyto 2030”, was at the end of consultation.
It was to chart the path towards a halving of the use of pesticides by 2030 (compared to 2015-2017) and accelerate the search for alternatives, urgent in the face of impacts noted on the health of farmers, the mortality of bees, water pollution, etc.