Negotiations of the French implementation of the Common Agricultural Policy are underway.
European guidelines allow leeway for states to apply, but the government pursues a policy
discount productivist dictated by FNSEA. ---- Aid that affect peasants of Europe are
distributed in a totally unequal: 20% of farmers receive 80% of the aid. Conf?d?ration
Paysanne fought in these negotiations for small farms receive more aid to promote
employment peasant, peasant agriculture. FNSEA majority organization among farmers,
followed by the always liberal rural Coordination, wants to impose a diametrically
opposite view: the restructuring of agriculture by directing aid towards more
productivist. All attempts at restructuring mainly concern livestock sector in trouble.
She wants to establish thresholds below which the farmer will not be eligible for some
aid, it wants to tighten the productivity ratios for those who do not meet the criteria
receive aid at a discount. These criteria do not take into account the natural
difficulties that arise, which are inherent in geography or health crises. This is
ranching in mountain areas, which will suffer the most. Agriculture loses active every day
but it is neither hot nor cold FNSEA drive a little part of his colleagues.
Government orders FNSEA
We can only note that the government has left dictate its roadmap by FNSEA and therefore
chose not to fundamentally change. Today, the aid per hectare are different depending on
the region. Convergence would restore the same price per hectare for everyone. So there
could be a convergence of aid per hectare to 100%, it opts for a convergence to 70% so as
not to cereal rich in straw.
Productivist system leads farmers and peasants in the wall making them dependent on the
agro-food industry and the banking system. Public money is used for those who do not want
that agriculture can no longer do this job. If today it is urgent financial support for
agricultural production quality, which guarantee employment and rural living, it is
equally urgent to trace the path of agrarian reform. Peasant agriculture is the only one
that will allow workers to the earth to live their job properly and to feed the population
with local food quality.
Georges Claas (peasant)
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