the Agriculture Ministers met this weekend

Disordered materials first, including agricultural price movements, and major trends that underlie them, the fact is that a growing crop share is intended to feed animals or water vehicles, with effect to deny people the less creditworthy of the South, which do most to buy their food. In such a should context, Europe, the Agriculture Ministers met this weekend, consider producing still more surplus, even if what it costs increased in fossil fuels, synthetic fertilizers and plant protection products Nothing is less sure.

It is likely that exporting countries have large areas of arable land and engage in more extensive than our own forms of agriculture (Brazil, Argentina, Australia, Ukraine, United States of America, etc.) will succeed soon enough to expand their cultivated surfaces and increase their yields per hectare. It is feared that this was there result in increasing deforestation and indiscriminate reversal of prairies and savannas, with damaging loss of biodiversity. But why Europe which already gets yields per hectare among the highest of the world should to even engage in a race to "productivism" to all crin What interest would produce to any standard food prices and further specialize our culture and rearing systems, at the risk of use doses increased chemical inputs, with adverse consequences for air, soil and water pollution, loss of biodiversity wild and domestic, of greenhouse gas emissions, etc.

Europe would be much more inspired to take more advantage of the ecological potential of the various terroirs, to practise within them more craft and more eco-friendly forms of agriculture and provide quality products always more great taste and health. A common agricultural policy (Cap) renovated should therefore encourage the implementation of such systems of production more efficient fuel and less demanding fertilizer of synthesis, which manufacturing is expensive in fossil energy and the application is responsible for emissions of nitrous oxide. Some farmers are indeed already implementing such practices and are thus to provide farmers, organic and local products at the lowest cost in water, fuels, fertilisers chemicals and pesticides. These forms of agriculture will show more demanding work and will be developed further that if producers are to benefit from incentives, remunerative and stable prices, even if duty implement procedures of certification, labelling and geographical indication protected (controlled appellation of origin) with the joint participation of the processors, consumers and environmental protection associations.

It is more a policy of remunerative prices by direct subsidies should be now encourage farmers to fully showcase the diversity of their terroirs and practise "sustainable" production systems And it will be important to ensure that as quickly as possible a sufficient size products derived from sustainable agriculture and organic marketing channels, promoting short circuits. Hence the interest already reform of the CAP and to redeploy the amount of aid paid today to the farmers in the form of "single payment rights", for the benefit of the catering (canteens University restaurants, school, hospital meals, restoration company, etc.), subject to compliance with specifications previously established with the participation of the State, usersconsumer associations and organizations for the defence of the environment. Farmers willing to meet the new specifications will thus perceive more remunerative prices, while the smaller social strata, who attend more catering, access to this power at equal cost, quality and constant tax pressure.

This reorientation of our agriculture more sustainable and artisanal production forms would also put an end to our recurrent surplus of products of ungraded that we are usually exported to poor countries of the third-world through grants. It would then allow us to modify the mandate currently entrusted to European Commissioners in the WTO and to ensure that the countries of the South now have the right to protect them as their own food agriculture by important customs duties. These countries have more than ever need to ensure by themselves their food supply, so that no more risk of shortages or famines during periods where the food comes to miss on the world market, as is currently the case. The defence of the environment and the quality of our food in Europe is therefore in no way inconsistent with the law of nations of the South to regain food sovereignty and security.