Heatwave, beet yellowing, floods ... By reporting Wednesday a drop of 1.8% in agricultural production in 2020, INSEE confirmed the impact of climate change on Farm France.
While the government launched in May the “Varenne de l'eau” (series of consultations on water), François Bayrou is driving the point home.
In a note published this Friday that
Le Figaro
consulted, the High Commissioner for Planning paints a precise picture of the weaknesses of our countryside, between a constant decrease in the number of farmers - from 1.6 million to 450,000 in forty years -, ecological pressures, and disenchantment with the French.
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“While France was at the forefront of the agricultural revolution, for twenty years it has undergone constant downgrading on the world stage, from which it has lost its place as a locomotive. Yet agriculture is a major part of our strategy of productive reconquest, ”he
emphasizes.
In fact, La ferme France's trade balance showed a deficit of
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