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The agricultural show opened its doors this weekend in Paris, Porte de Versailles. While a quarter of farmers will retire in the next few years, who are the new farmers who will take over these lands and farms. This is the subject of Talk franceinfo. Every evening from 6 p.m., Ludovic Pauchant and his guests debate with Internet users on the franceinfo Twitch channel.
Every year 20,000 farmers stop their activity and only 14,000 new ones settle. In question, the work necessary to adapt the farm to the needs of agriculture before starting its exploitation. Becoming a farmer in 2023 is not a trivial choice. However, despite the many challenges posed by agricultural professions, it seems that they still attract young French men and women.
Ludovic Pauchant receives Coline Sovranmember of the Terre de Liens movement and Jade Jourdanin charge of support for the organic installation for Abiosol. Etienne Fourmontfarmer in Sarthe and author of Peace and Food at HugoPublishing.
A changing profession
For several decades, agricultural professions have been changing. According to sociologist François Purseigle, there are fewer and fewer farm managers and family workers, but more and more employees on farms.
In a report published Monday, February 27, the association Terre de Liens highlights the monopolization of French agricultural land by industrial firms. The association that buys farms to settle young farmers there denounces the financialization of agricultural land.
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