of Agriculture, Agrifood and FORESTRY

20 Pages·2016·1.52 MB·English

THE MINISTRY
i n a c t i o n
of Agriculture, Agrifood and FORESTRY
CONTENTS

AGRIFOOD
!
FRANCE’S LEADING INDUSTRIAL SECTOR P.4 THE CORE TASKS

OF THE MINISTRY
A MINISTRY COMMITTED TO
OF AGRICULTURE,
COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE P.6

AGRIFOOD
THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY 2014-2020
AND FORESTRY !
A REFORMED, FAIRER CAP BETTER FOR

JOBS AND LIVESTOCK FARMING P.7

MAKING AGROECOLOGY

A FORCE FOR FRANCE P.8
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

MANAGING FORESTSSUSTAINABLY OF THE AGRICULTURAL,
FOR A COMPETITIVE WOOD SECTOR P.10 FOOD AND FORESTRY
SECTORS AND RURAL AREAS
PUBLIC POLICY ON FOOD
MAKING OUR MODEL FOR FOOD
A STRENGTH FOR THE FUTURE P.12
SANITARY SAFETY
FROM FIELD TO FORK P.14
ADDING VALUE TO PRODUCTS P.15 Production
and processing
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION & TRAINING of agricultural products
A 100% NATURAL FUTURE P.16 Economic development,
business competitiveness,
environmental and regional
HIGHER EDUCATION performance, risk protection,
IN AGRICULTURAL, VETERINARY economic organisation,
quality signs
& LANDSCAPE SCIENCES P.17
A MINISTRY CLOSE TO USERS
USER SERVICES, ONLINE PROCEDURES P.18
SOCIAL PROGRESS
IMPROVING PROTECTION FOR FARMERS P.19
Sustainable management
of forests
and their products

Multifunctional forest management,
sector competitiveness,
adding value to wood,
Document produced by the delegation prevention of fire,
for information and communication. restoration of mountain land
February 2016.
Photos © Thinkstock,
except p. 11 © Xavier Remongin/Min.agri.fr
FOOD QUALITY AND SAFETY; AGRICULTURAL TRAINING
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH & RESEARCH !

Five

statutory tasks
FR !
01-001-001
CE  Training (generalist, technical
and vocational, initial and continuous)
Policy on horses, Policy on food  Participation in energising
and developing the regions
equestrian businesses The safety of food for health,
 Contributions to integration
and racing hygienic production in school, society and work
and processing conditions;
Economic development combating food waste,  Contributions to the development
of the sector, improvement of the market offering of agriculture, experimentation
regional integration, in food; promotion of the French and innovation
oversight of racing sanitary system  Participation in international
cooperation
Leadership and
Rural development Protection management of all
and of plant health agricultural training
dynamism Plant health, Public technical training
Development focuses national biological surveillance and education in agriculture;
for agriculture, relations with (including woodland health); private agricultural training;
non-profit associations balanced use of inputs; higher agricultural
plant breeding resources and veterinary education

Animal health
and protection
Employment legislation Leadership
Definition and oversight
and social protection and definition
of regulatory controls
in farming (land and aquatic livestock health; of policy
feedstuffs; animal welfare); on research
livestock identification
and traceability; veterinary pharmacy;
surveillance
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agrifood: FRANCE’S LEADING
INDUSTRIAL SECTOR
16,220 168 57
.9 .2
in 2013, excluding craft commerce in 2014
AN industrial SOLUTION
smart food
Nine industrial solutions New schemes to help enterprises
for nine high-priority markets: become more competitive

regaining competitiveness in the meat trades;

A tax measure allowing extra depreciation

opening up the market in functional foodstuffs; allowances for productive assets.
making a mark in the packaging of the future; Measures to reduce social charges in the
 “responsibility pact”, notably the tax credit for
becoming the leader for sustainable
competitiveness and employment (CICE).
refrigeration;

 Tax credits for research and innovation (CIR/CII).
guaranteeing food & beverage quality
and safety; Introduction of the investment programme for the
 future (PIA) via the agricultural and agrifood
integrating digital tools;
projects for the future(P3A) programme promoted
building an industry of global reference by FranceAgrimer with funding of €150m.
in enzymes and proteins; 
BpiFrance’s thematic call for projects relating to
adopting a structured approach to go out functional and custom foods, with funding of €20m.
and conquer global markets. 
Calls for projects from the official environmental
and energy saving agency (ADEME).
AGRIFOOD GENERATES FRANCE’S THIRD LARGEST TRADE
SURPLUS – €9.1 BILLION IN 2014 – AFTER THE AVIATION
AND PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES
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BEVERAGES, WINES AND SPIRITS AREFRANCE’S
BIGGEST EXPORT PRODUCTS
5.6% OF THE WORLD’S AGRIFOOD EXPORTS
COME FROM FRANCE
A SECTOR THAT IS RECRUITING
Agrifood sector actors have increa-
sed the commitments they gave in
the sector contract in 2013 under a
new agreement for the develop-
ment of agrifood sector skills and
jobs unveiled in October 2015.
The agrifood sector NEW TARGETS FOR THE PERIOD 2014-2016:
contract covers 720,000
RECRUITMENT OF 100,000EMPLOYEES
employeesand over ON PERMANENT CONTRACT (+10,000),
72,000 establishments INCLUDING 50% UNDER-30s AND 5.5%
434,700
(agrifood manufacturing, OVER-50s;
cooperatives and craft food RECRUITMENT OF 170,000YOUNG
retailers). PEOPLE ON PROFESSIONALISATION AND EMPLOYEES
This action plan, which is APPRENTICESHIP CONTRACTS
(+20,000).
shared between central
in 2013
government, regional
Alongside this, by supporting trai- not including craft commerce
authorities and the ning programmes the food indus-
sector itself, is try jobs charter, which has been
structured around five renewed for 2015-2016 with total
funding of €15m, helps develop em-
themes:
ployment, contributes to anticipa-
jobs; tion and assistance for economic
finance change and enhances the sector’s
attractiveness.
and innovation;
the green challenge;
exports, quality and
promoting the French
food model;
in-sector relations.
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A MINISTRY COMMITTED
TO COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE
Farming and forestrycan contribute between 20 and 60%
to potential mitigation of GHG emissions over the period to 2030.
Preservation of farmland and pastures
can save 8-10 million tonnes of CO .
2
Changes to farming methods
can save 12-15 million tonnes of CO
2
through livestock farming (covers for slurry pits, biogas flares, methanisation, feed),
fertiliser use(precise input dosage, organic nitrogen),
and carbon storage in soils (soil cover, simpler working of the soil, longer crop rotations).
the Paris agreement
*An ambitious agreement:
the parties are bound to revise their
commitments upwards in order to
*196 “parties”signed the Paris be able to keep rises in global
Agreement (195 countries and the temperatures well below 2°C
European Union). and to seek to limit rises to 1.5°C.
*A historic agreement: *The Paris Agreement
after the disappointment of encourages countries to reduce
Copenhagen in December 2009, it is their emissions and to conserve
the first binding global agreement and expand their carbon sinks,
on the climate. including the agriculture and
*A universal agreement: forestry sectors.
In order to respond to the the 196 parties undertook to
issues posed by climate and confront climate change as well as
food security, the 4 per 1,000 bringing the commitments given by
initiative was launched by the major emerging nations closer
Stéphane Le Foll during to those of the developed world.
COP21 and is part of the
Lima-Paris Action Agenda *An agreement for the long
(LPAA) organised by the termintended to stand the test
Ministry. of time. Only the contributions
will be updated regularly. The
The 4/1,000 Initiative: commitments given by
soils for food security countries will be
and climate: renegotiated every five
years on the basis of an
If the quantity of carbon held
evaluation of the then-
in the soil can be increased
current status of the
by 0.4% every year,
collective effort.
the annual increase of CO
2
in the atmosphere
can be halted.
4p1000.org
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THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY
2014-2020, A REFORMED, FAIRER CAP,
BETTER FOR JOBS AND LIVESTOCK FARMING
ENCOURAGINGYOUNG PEOPLE REDUCINGDISPARITIES BETWEEN
A priority: TO SET UP IN FARMINGS FARMERS BY LEAVING
defending livestock HISTORICAL REFERENCES BEHIND
farmingusing levers to ▶1% of 1stpillar support –€75m
focus supportmore – for direct support to 10,000 Staged convergence of support
effectively new farmers. payments, reaching 70% in
▶Another €25m from the 2nd 2019, with a 30% cap on
one BILLION EUROSREDIRECTED pillar for the scheme to support individual losses linked to
TO LIVESTOCK FARMING OVER new entrants. convergence.
THE PERIOD TO 2019
IMPROVING SUPPORTFOR INTRODUCTIONOF A PLAN
ANIMAL PRODUCTION THROUGH FOR FARM COMPETITIVENESS
COUPLED SUPPORT PAYMENTS AND ADAPTATION
SUPPORTFROM A PROTECTED
BUDGET FOR FRANCE An increase in “coupled This plan will target livestock
support” from 10% to 15% of housing in particular.
€9.1bn a yearover the period the 1stpillar budget, going to ▶At least €200m a year from
2014-2020 (compared with animal production as a priority: the EU, the French
€9.3bn in 2013), which means ▶maintenance of the budget government and those local
€64bn for French farmers over
for current livestock support authorities wishing to
the next seven years.
payments; contribute.
▶introduction of a dairy cow ▶This will double the current
premium; funding envelope.
ENHANCINGSUPPORT ▶Plus 2% – €150m – for the
FOR FARMING IN LESS development of fodder self-
FAVOURED AREAS sufficiency on farms through
SUPPORTINGACTIVITY
support for plant protein
▶ production (lucerne, protein AND EMPLOYMENT ON ALL FARMS
A 15% increase in the
crops, etc.).
compensatory allowance for ▶
Extra support payments for
permanent natural handicaps All of which means an extra
the first 52 hectares.
(ICHN) from 2014. €250m for the benefit of
▶
▶ livestock farming. Gradual implementation over
Simplification through
the period 2015-2018 up to an
inclusion of an amount
envelope equal to 20% of 1st
equivalent to the agri-
pillar support.
environment grassland premium
(PHAE) in the ICHN allowance HELPINGFARMING SYSTEMS
from 2015 on.
THROUGH THE ECOLOGICAL
▶
Eligibility granted to milk
TRANSITION IMPROVINGRISK PREVENTION
producers in all geographical
areas. ▶ AND MANAGEMENT
A doubling of the budget for
INSTRUMENTS
All of which means an agroenvironmental measures.
additional envelope of €300m ▶
every year at the end of the A doubling of the budget for The necessary funds will be
period, reaching €1.1bn a year. organic production. taken from the 1stpillar.
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MAKING AGROECOLOGY
A FORCE FOR FRANCE
FARMERS ADOPTING AND APPLYING
THE PRINCIPLES OF AGROECOLOGY ARE COMBINING
ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL
HIGH PERFORMANCE.
The 12 keys to agroecology:
Training Developing and leading
for farmers collective projects
Agroecology means developing and rolling It is essential to stop looking at each field
out new crop and livestock farming methods. With separately and to see a farm as a whole, adopting a
the “Teaching to Produce Differently” action plan, holistic approach in which activities are mutually
agricultural training and education has equipped it- complementary and imbalances offset each other. In
self with the means to prepare farmers for a more this way, agroecology draws all its strength from a
sustainable, more effective approach to production. collective approach and shared pro-
jects. Something now accomplished
with the creation of the Economic And
Environmental Interest Grouping (EEIG).
Fostering Advising
natural mechanisms farmers
that combat the enemies
The importance of assistance to farmers pro-
of crops vided by development actors and networks is crucial
to change in French farming. Those actors need to
Phytosanitary products (pesticides) help protect move towards agroecology in order to provide far-
agricultural production. The purpose of the Ecophyto mers with effective advice for the transition. The
plan is to reduce their use. They can be backed or agroecology diagnostic tool for holdings has been
replaced by natural mechanisms. Rather than eradi- provided to achieve exactly that.
cating pests, biocontrol helps manage the balances
between them.
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Assisting transition Encouraging
organic farming
French agriculture is governed by EU regu-
lations and supported by the Common Agri-
Organic agriculture is a mode of production protec-
cultural Policy (CAP). In 2015 a new CAP framework
tive of the environment that helps maintain water
was defined at EU level for the following five years.
quality, soil fertility and biodiversity. It is fully part of
Working within EU rules, France has set out to make
the agroecology project for France.
use of the available room for manoeuvre to focus the
various support schemes on benefiting agroecology
projects for farming in France.
Involving and mobilising Reducing the use
sectors and regions of veterinary antibiotics
If the transition to agroecology on French farms Antibiotics are currently used to treat bacterial in-
is to be successful, it will require implementation of fections in both human and veterinary medicine. The
collective projects involving farmers and others in purpose of the Ecoantibio plan is to combat inappro-
their regions, plus the development of synergies bet- priate use on livestock in order to reduce the risk of
ween farmers. The agroecology transition must be resistance to antibiotics.
extended beyond agriculture by organisations pre-
sent in the regions, local government authorities in
particular.
Selecting Enriching the soil
the right seed
Conserving soil carbon content and restoring
or improving degraded farmland soil are is-
An appropriate choice of crops for the prevailing
sues key to meeting the threefold challenge posed
climatic conditions, the soil and the needs of the first
by food security, the adaptation of food systems and
agrarian communities enabled farming to develop.
populations to climate disruption and the mitigation
French farming systems and the wide variety of
of anthropic emissions. Such is the issue underlying
crops testify to a constant concern to identify spe-
the 4 per 1,000 Initiative.
cies and varieties ever more precisely suited to the
demands and constraints of production. That is the
goal of the Sustainable Agriculture and Seeds plan.
Encouraging beekeeping Using tree
to improve production
Beekeeping is an essential component of
agriculture because a third of everything we
Putting nature’s resources to the best possi-
eat would not exist if bees were to disappear. France
ble use without abusing them means adopting agro-
has everything it needs to be a great beekeeping na-
forestry, enabling the cohabitation on farmland of
tion if action is taken simultaneously to ensure good
the usual forms of production (crops, livestock) with
health for these peerless pollinators, the biodiversity
trees. By using all available space and resources, this
essential for their environment and an effective
range of farming techniques can improve farmland
structure for the beekeeping sector.
yields and thereby farm productivity.
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MANAGING FORESTS SUSTAINABLY
FOR A COMPETITIVE WOOD SECTOR
% EUROPE’S3RDLARGEST AREA OF WOODLAND
31
16 million 8.5 million
hectares hectares in
of metropolitan
in metropolitan France’s over-
France
France seas territories
SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT WOOD MATERIAL ENERGY
138 TREE SPECIES Deciduous trees, of which three species predominate
(oak, beech and chestnut) account for two-thirds of all stands.
3 CATEGORIES OF OWNER Central government, local government
authorities and private owners (the majority: 74% of all woodland).
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