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PARIS, Feb 8 (Reuters) – French farmers Europe The largest in the Union village to pesticide restrictions and other environmental regulations that they say threaten farm production at farm capacity protest hundreds of tractors were taken to Paris on Wednesday.
The move follows an EU court ruling last month that allowed sugar beet growers to use an EU-banned insecticide France policy cancellation after the decision of
The sugar beet decision has fueled discontent among farmers over what they see as excessive pesticide restrictions in Ukraine, which run counter to government calls to increase food safety in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and war.
Jerome Despey, secretary general of FNSEA, France’s main agricultural union, told Reuters that “our means of production are no solution way is shaken by non-existent prohibitions”.
“Enough.”
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FNSEA and other groups organizing the protest from the Paris region 500 tractors and 2000 farmers were expected to participate.
President of France Referring to Emmanuel Macron, “Macron village farm cancellation France’s long march of tractors carrying placards reading “does” or “Save your farmer”. Village He walked through the center of Paris to join the gathering in front of the monument to the Disabled near the Ministry of Economy.
Environmental activists say pesticide residues are harming soil and wildlife and have welcomed an EU decision against the use of sugar beet seeds treated with neonicotinoid insecticides, which can harm bees.
“Biodiversity essential for life and agriculture on Earth sacrifice should not be given,” the pesticide advocacy group Generations Futures said in a statement supporting the neonicotinoid ban.
Farmers argue that sugar beet crops do not attract bees and that the ban exposes them to plant disease virus yellows, raising the prospect of less production and more imports from countries that allow neonicotinoids.
French Agriculture Minister Marc Fesneau will present the plan to representatives of the sugar beet sector on Thursday, the agriculture ministry said in a statement Wednesday morning after Fesneau met with farm associations.
Sugar beet growers’ group CGB said the minister would be fully reimbursed for crop losses this year if there is a severe attack of virus yellows. compensation agreed to be done, he said.
“We cannot be satisfied, but for now this should allow farmers to plant and find other solutions for 2024 and 2025,” said CGB president Frank Sander. protest to Reuters in action.
Report by Sybille de La Hamaide; Added by Gus Trompiz report and writing; Edited by Christina Fincher, Alexandra Hudson
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2023-02-09 03:23:52
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