Tag: Ecophyto
Ecophyto: the government presents its new strategy to reduce pesticides
The Ecophyto 2030 plan, intended to reduce the use of pesticides in France, will be presented on Monday by the government, with the main measure being the establishment of a…
the government endorses the choice of an indicator deemed misleading in the new Ecophyto 2030 plan
A tractor carries out a phytosanitary treatment in its vineyards, in the South of France, on April 5, 2024. IDRISS BIGOU-GILLES / HANS LUCAS VIA AFP Unlike the three previous…
open crisis between the government and environmental defense associations on the Ecophyto plan
Gabriel Attal during his address to farmers, on a farm in Montastruc-de-Salies (Haute-Garonne), January 26, 2024. VINCENT NGUYEN/RIVA PRESS FOR “THE WORLD” The Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal, caused an outcry…
the “shutdown” of the Ecophyto plan contrary to justice according to environmental law specialists
Prime Minister Gabriel Attal unveils new measures to respond to farmers’ grievances during a press conference at the Matignon Hotel in Paris on February 1, 2024. BENOIT TESSIER / REUTERS…
The government puts the Ecophyto plan “on pause” to reduce the use of pesticides
The government will “pause” the Ecophyto plan which must set objectives for reducing the use of pesticides and crystallizes the anger of producers of large crops, announced Thursday the Minister…
The suspension of the Ecophyto plan, a “disastrous signal”, according to environmental NGOs
Before the Bordeaux Court of Appeal, in 2021. PHILIPPE LOPEZ / AFP One of the most sensitive issues on the agricultural issue, the reduction in the use of pesticides had,…
the State does not set a reduction target for phytosanitary products for the new Ecophyto 2030 plan
The Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, at the Salon de l’Agriculture, Porte de Versailles, in Paris, Monday February 27, 2023. CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT / AFP In 2020, Elisabeth Borne walked the aisles…