Faced with the shortage of wheat, can French stocks suffice?

Will it be necessary to produce more wheat in France to make up for the absence of Ukrainian imports? Henry Bies-Péré, farmer and vice-president of the FNSEA, is in favor of it. “TAll countries which have climatic conditions such as those in France and Europe and which have some land available will be able to cultivate them urgently. You should know that to have wheat, we will sow it next fall and we will not have it until July 2023“, he indicated.

“The risk that has been taken in the past by the public authorities, and this has often been denounced by the FNSEA, is to have such small stocks. With two and a half to three months of world supply, we see that when countries like Ukraine and Russia, which constitute a third of the breadbasket of the world, go to war, we jeopardize the food supply of a large number of African countries, which are more than 50% dependent on international imports“, he continued.