"Join the great army of French agriculture!" Even in the fields, the government never stops spinning the war metaphor of its fight against the coronavirus. Tuesday, the Minister of Agriculture, Didier Guillaume, called the French deprived of activity because of the unprecedented health crisis which strikes the economy, to come to lend a hand in the countryside. While planting is underway, and harvests of strawberries, asparagus, tomatoes and salads are looming, the agricultural world is very concerned about a very likely shortage of labor.
If we are not heard, the production will remain in the fields and the entire market gardening sector will be affected
Christiane Lambert, patroness of the FNSEAIn question according to the FNSEA, the main agricultural union: the absence this year of foreign labor (Romanian, Polish, Tunisian, Moroccan ...), due to the closure of the borders to counter the spread of the coronavirus, and traffic restrictions. These foreign workers represent around two thirds of the 200,000 seasonal workers who usually come to harvest tricolor products. "In total,
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