Agriculture & Food

#2014-1170Law for the Future of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry

🇫🇷France··Other·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This law aims to support the agricultural sector in France by promoting sustainable farming practices, enhancing food safety, and ensuring forest preservation. It encourages innovation and seeks to balance economic performance with environmental and social goals. Farmers, forest managers, and the food industry need to align with these goals for improved competitiveness and sustainability.

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Key Changes

  • Promotes sustainable agricultural practices and eco-friendly farming
  • Introduces measures for biodiversity and forest ecosystem management
  • Encourages innovation and competitiveness in agriculture and forestry sectors

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Farmers must maintain and develop livestock and pastoral sectors due to their essential contribution to the development of territories.

farmerslivestock producers
operational
high

The State must ensure the adaptation of forest species to their environment and promote the optimization of carbon storage in forests.

governmentforest management authorities
operational
medium

Employing agencies must participate in the development of territorial food projects that connect producers, transformers, distributors, and consumers.

local authoritiesagricultural organizations
operational
medium

Producers and distributors must provide information necessary for the knowledge of agricultural productions, markets, and foreign trade data to the designated establishment.

producersdistributors
as determined by decree
reporting
high

Steps must be taken to facilitate the access to agricultural land under conditions of transparency and fairness.

governmentland management authorities
operational

Affected Parties

farmersforestry industry

Tags

sustainability,agriculture,innovation