France’s Ministry of Agriculture launched its agroecology project in 2012 with the ambition of tracing a path for the future of French agriculture, which should contribute to the issue of agriculture at the global level: guaranteeing food security and increasing production while preserving natural resources and biodiversity. The agroecology project is also about rising to […]
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Innovation in the agricultural sector is key to achieve better economic and environmental outcomes. That’s why the governmental agency, FranceAgriMer, has launched an initiative that aims at supporting projects that outstandingly integrate the following objectives: • increasing the competitiveness of production • better control of energy and water consumption • decrease in use of phytosanitary […]
The Ecophyto plan was developed by the French Ministry of Agriculture in 2008 with the purpose of progressively reducing the use of pesticides while maintaining a robust agricultural economy in France. Since its inception, the program has mobilized farmers, researchers and civil servants to engage in numerous initiatives to achieve the plan’s goals across the […]
The Ecophyto plan is part of France’s major plan to shift the agricultural production towards the principles of agro-ecology. Launched in 2008, it aims at reducing the use of pesticides by half by 2018, encouraging farmers to use alternative ways of controlling crops. On December 9th, the annual meeting of the Ecophyto plan monitoring committee […]
Civil society has new expectations on agricultural practices. Consumers have grown increasingly conscious of agricultural practices, and want to know if changes are underway. The Environmental Certification process is an efficient way in which France can communicate its sustainable agriculture policies and practices to the public and allow consumers to easily identify farms engaged in […]
The “EcoPhyto Plan” was launched by French government, experts, civil society, industry professionals and official agencies in 2008 in order to reduce the use of pesticides while maintaining high yield as well as high quality in agricultural production What Are These Project Goals? The main goal is to reduce the use of pesticides and plant […]
For the past thirty years, the company Savéol Nature – based in Guivapas, Brittany – has been growing select species of insects alongside their crops. The types and number of insects to be bred depend on reproduction cycles as well as on the plant varieties grown in the greenhouses. Such farming has equipped Savéol Nature […]
A lot of consumers think that more respect to the environment makes better food. For example 24% of the French people think the government should promote products that protect the environment. Following this demand and the need to protect our natural resources, ambitious policies were drawn and the organic production sector has been growing really […]
All professionals in France whose jobs involve phytopharmaceuticals, more commonly referred to as pesticides, must obtain an official license beforehand called “Certiphyto.” This ambitious global certification program is estimated to affect more than 800,000 workers in France, according to the French Ministry of Agriculture. Pesticides, such as Insecticides, herbicides and fungicides, are used to protect […]
In France, Agro-Ecology has officially made its way into French law, seeking to combine economic, environmental and social performance, reduce the consumption of energy, water, fertilizer, pesticides and veterinary medicine, and to work with natural mechanisms instead of against them. The incorporation of Agro-Ecology into law took over two years and required the laying of […]