The Minister of Agriculture announced, before the end of 2025, “an intermediate level of 25% in 2020″ and explains the springs on which it wishes to s support to achieve it.
He first plans to expand the network of pioneering firm on the issue, lesquelle have “seen pesticide use down by an average of 12% in 2013″ , a notable performance when we know that the average use of pesticides has instead increased by 9% over the year. On average over the 2011-2013 period, the cultures were 5% more pesticides relative to 2009-2011
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There are now 2,000 of these farms called “Dephy”. “We will increase the number of these farms to 3 000. Each resulting ten farms around it, you bet on a snowball effect” says Stéphane Le Foll.
PREVENT FAILURE OF PREVIOUS PLAN
The Minister also wishes to rely on distributors of crop protection products through pilot implementation of “If chemical savings certificates [EPSAs]” that will force them to “lowering by 20% the number of doses used over five years” on pain of a financial penalty. Thus, “instead of selling a product, they will be encouraged to sell more services, that is to say, teach farmers to use the right amount or alternative techniques” says the Minister.
In 2008, after the Grenelle Environment, the previous majority had built a pesticide reduction plan, called Ecophyto, which aimed to reduce “if possible” 50% the use of pesticides by 2018. But a report led by the deputy PS of Meurthe-et-Moselle Dominique Potier, December 23 and handed to Prime Minister Manuel Valls, concluded in The failure of this plan
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