Tag: Agriculture and Fishing
the outbreak of avian flu continues, concerns for the sector
Avian flu continues to progress in France: 4.6 million poultry have been slaughtered since the summer of 2022. The virus particularly strikes the Pays-de-la-Loire region, the second largest French poultry…
France renounces to authorize neonicotinoids for beet seeds
After a European court decision deeming the derogations for these substances toxic to bees illegal, the French Minister of Agriculture Marc Fesneau announced on Monday that he was abandoning a…
Explosion among beet growers: “We fear early factory closures for lack of surface area”
Concern of French beet growers after the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union which considers illegal the exemptions granted in France to prohibited phytosanitary products. Sowing…
Faced with food shortages and climate change, polyculture has “an interest”
According to a study by an international team of scientists published in the benchmark journal PNAS, mixing crops on the same field is one of the best solutions for securing…
French justice dismisses the case
Two Parisian investigating judges have put an end, without prosecution, to the investigation into the massive poisoning of the West Indies with chlordecone, a pesticide authorized in banana plantations until…
France again pushes back the ban on neonicotinoids in the beet industry
The French government wants to authorize neonicotinoids again in 2023 in sugar beet crops. A draft decree was published on Tuesday January 3 and the decision should be taken at…
entry into force of a new, greener Common Agricultural Policy
The new European Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) comes into force on January 1 for the period 2023-2027. For this new version, and even if the European Union continues to define…
The preservation of wild tsiperifery pepper, a challenge for Madagascar
In Madagascar, there is the challenge of finding alternatives to the overexploitation of wild pepper. This spice endemic to the humid forests of the east of the Big Island, exported…
Kenya drought sparks inter-community clashes
The number of drought-affected Kenyans is expected to reach six million by January, according to the latest projections from the National Drought Management Authority. The rains that have fallen in…
Pesticide manufacturer Bayer-Monsanto ordered to compensate a French farmer
Bayer-Monsanto will have to compensate a French farmer, Paul François, poisoned by the herbicide Lasso. Information revealed, this Thursday, December 8, by our colleagues from World and Radio France. On…