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Global warming: sunflowers in Brittany, corn near Paris... how agricultural crops will evolve

2024-02-27T05:33:03.702Z

Highlights: Study by Axa Climate and Semae reveals how agricultural crops will evolve. Sunflowers in Brittany, corn near Paris, red beans like in the United States. Based on data from IPCC experts and taking into account local specificities and soil typology, Axa climate assessed the yo-yo effects of climate on agricultural production in 2030 and 2050. “We don't have any olive trees yet, but some of my colleagues have already planted almond trees,” says cereal grower Michel Masson.


Sunflowers in Brittany, corn near Paris, red beans like in the United States… A study by Axa Climate reveals how the change


“We don't have any olive trees yet, but some of my colleagues have already planted almond trees.

» At the age of 64, Michel Masson, great-grandson, grandson and son of a farmer, did not imagine one day seeing fruit trees typical of the Mediterranean region growing in the Loiret.

This cereal grower today realizes how much the outbreaks of mercury fever are disrupting the landscape around him, like the certainties his ancestors had of being able to sow the same cereals ad vitam aeternam.

Wheat, peas, potatoes, carrots... According to a study published this Tuesday by Axa Climate and Semae, which we are revealing, the inter-professional association for seeds and plants, all French agricultural production will be exposed to the consequences of climate change.

Based on data from IPCC experts and taking into account local specificities and soil typology, Axa Climate assessed the yo-yo effects of climate on agricultural production in 2030 and 2050.

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