(en) France, Alternative Libertaire AL #235 - Common Agricultural Policy: The government at the beck and productivist (fr, pt)

Negotiations of the French implementation of the Common Agricultural Policy are underway. 
European guidelines allow leeway for states to apply, but the government pursues a policy 
discount productivist dictated by FNSEA. ---- Aid that affect peasants of Europe are 
distributed in a totally unequal: 20% of farmers receive 80% of the aid. Conf?d?ration 
Paysanne fought in these negotiations for small farms receive more aid to promote 
employment peasant, peasant agriculture. FNSEA majority organization among farmers, 
followed by the always liberal rural Coordination, wants to impose a diametrically 
opposite view: the restructuring of agriculture by directing aid towards more 
productivist. All attempts at restructuring mainly concern livestock sector in trouble.

She wants to establish thresholds below which the farmer will not be eligible for some 
aid, it wants to tighten the productivity ratios for those who do not meet the criteria 
receive aid at a discount. These criteria do not take into account the natural 
difficulties that arise, which are inherent in geography or health crises. This is 
ranching in mountain areas, which will suffer the most. Agriculture loses active every day 
but it is neither hot nor cold FNSEA drive a little part of his colleagues.

Government orders FNSEA

We can only note that the government has left dictate its roadmap by FNSEA and therefore 
chose not to fundamentally change. Today, the aid per hectare are different depending on 
the region. Convergence would restore the same price per hectare for everyone. So there 
could be a convergence of aid per hectare to 100%, it opts for a convergence to 70% so as 
not to cereal rich in straw.

Productivist system leads farmers and peasants in the wall making them dependent on the 
agro-food industry and the banking system. Public money is used for those who do not want 
that agriculture can no longer do this job. If today it is urgent financial support for 
agricultural production quality, which guarantee employment and rural living, it is 
equally urgent to trace the path of agrarian reform. Peasant agriculture is the only one 
that will allow workers to the earth to live their job properly and to feed the population 
with local food quality.

Georges Claas (peasant)