Tag: Agriculture and Fishing
in France, bees also suffer from heat and drought
Bees are also suffering from the extreme heat of this summer. In the Landes, south-west of France, several hives have been destroyed in the recent fires. Elsewhere, the drought forces…
Faced with a record drought, French farmers are trying to adapt
While 96 French departments are on drought alert, farmers are coping with water restrictions to continue irrigating their land. In Séris, in the Loir-Et-Cher department, the area is classified red,…
government extends 35 cents fuel aid for fishermen
The Secretary of State for the Sea, Hervé Berville announced Friday, July 29 to extend fuel aid for fishermen until September 30. This aid of 35 cents is supposed to…
Christiane Lambert: “It’s a particularly complicated climatic year for farmers”
Christiane Lambert, president of the National Federation of Farmers’ Unions (FNSEA) and of Copa-Cogeca, Europe’s leading agricultural union, is RFI’s morning guest. She answers questions from Anthony Lattier about the…
July 2022 risks breaking the drought record from half a century ago
” Most likely the driest month of July since 1959 and the start of the surveys: France, where a new fire covered 650 hectares on Tuesday July 26 in the…
humanity has consumed all the planet can produce in a year
It is this Thursday, July 28, the day of the overshoot. As of today, we have already consumed all the resources that the planet can regenerate in one year, according…
The climb to the mountain pastures in Switzerland with Pascal Perrin, farmer
Among the perches of this summer, under the sign of the French-speaking public media, there are these mountain farmers in Switzerland who go up to the mountain pastures. The alpine…
the shortage of mustard seeds is on the way to being absorbed
For several months, jars of mustard have been rare on supermarket shelves all over Europe, and especially in France. Blame it on a context of importing mustard seeds at a…
court reauthorizes Monsanto to import glyphosate and GMO corn
As of this week, Monsanto is once again allowed to import glyphosate and genetically modified corn into Mexico. The giant of the manufacture of GMO seeds obtained by the decision…
North Korean fishermen sentenced to penal colony in Russia
It is a court decision that puts the finger again on an unknown reality. North Korean fishermen were sentenced to the penal colony in the Far East of the Russian…