Increase the level of food self-sufficiency in vegetables by 50% today “60% within two years and 70% within five years”. This is the objective announced by Légumes de France, the association of vegetable growers of the FNSEA, during the presentation of its white paper in early December.
“This is ambitious but achievable”, underlines the president of Légumes de France, Jacques Rouchaussé, by proposing to use the cultivable fallow land. On the crop protection component, Légumes de France wants regulations “Clear, precise and harmonized at European level” to put an end to the distortions of competition, indicates Jacques Rouchaussé. On the social level, the vegetable branch of the FNSEA wants “Perpetuate” the TO-DE (scheme for exemption from employers’ contributions for employers of seasonal agricultural workers) and extend it to permanent workers.
Renovate the greenhouse park
Jacques Rouchaussé also criticizes the lack of targeted investments in market gardening in the recovery plan: « [Il faut] support investment to develop and renovate our greenhouse park – glass greenhouses, multichapels and tunnels – everything that will be used to protect our crops is very important. “
Another battle horse of the union: ensuring producers sufficient remuneration. “We ask that promotions […] are triggered by production and not by distribution ‘, declares Jacques Rouchaussé, who “Also asks the DGCCRF (Fraud) to do its work on the origins of products, and on multi-origin and non-regulatory advertising ”.
Légumes de France is finally calling for “A better distribution of the diffuse pollution charge (RPD) » to fund research. The white paper will be completed in a second step with “Economic costing” investment needs.
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