11:28 – Annie Genevard wants to reduce the “burdens” that weigh on farmers
The Minister of Agriculture promised “simplification” measures for farmers on Saturday. In order to reduce the “burdens which have accumulated to the point of weakening the competitiveness of farms”, the minister wishes to create a “Orientation Council for crop protection”, which would serve to “prioritize instruction” by the Agency of health safety (ANSES) requests for authorization of inputs, according to the needs of the agricultural sectors. This Council would also make it possible to ask ANSES to “facilitate mutual recognition” of products already authorized at European level.
The minister also announces “a circular to the prefects to optimize the instruction capacities of breeding projects, to shorten the d “Laos and favor educational controls for recent settlers”.
To “methodically overcome all the obstacles to production”, the minister intends to review the unions “before Christmas”.