Back and forth on the ban on neonicotinoids in sugar beets, accelerated exit from glyphosate, imbroglio on the export of cereals in direct contact with an insecticide (phosphine), anticipated ban on dimethoate for the protection of cherries... Since ten years, the 390,000 farms and 496,000 French farmers regularly come up against a battalion: that of green standards often overtransposed in relation to community directives which undermine the competitiveness of the French farm.
Yet at the forefront of the green transition of its farms, French agriculture does not emerge unscathed from these chains attached to its feet.
Historical flagship of the French economy, the agricultural and agri-food sectors certainly remain one of the drivers of foreign trade.
With aeronautics (23 billion euros in 2022) and prestige perfumes and cosmetics (12 billion), the sector is on the third step of the podium (10 billion) of the biggest contributors…
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