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Food Security Policy

Draft law with aim to promote territorial anchoring of food (short food channels, local seasonal food, organic food in public institutions like schools), November 2015. 

“In addition, the agricultural and agrifood sector will benefit from a special budget of €120 million in the form of subsidies during the period 2015 to 2017 to encourage technological innovation and investment forming part of the future strategies of these sectors. At the same time, a call for projects backed by €20 million to create new food products adapted for special diets (senior citizens, children, athletes, etc.) will be launched in early 2015. This is one of the five priorities of the agrifood industrial initiative in the scope of the 34 sector-based initiatives 

Public Policy for food [27th July 2010]: defined in the national food plan

  • Long term political strategy
  • Comprehensive vision of food
  • Government project involving all relevant actors of food policy [ministries, local government, public institutes and agencies, and all private or associative actors]
  • Key ideas: “assures access for all to affordable food that is safe, diverse, in sufficient quantity, of goof nutritional quality, tasty, obtained in sustainable conditions” [There is a focus on health and prevention of obesity in trying to achieve food security.]

National Food Plan→ there is a mention of food security in their plan, with a mindfulness to the environment. No mention of producers. Four Working areas include:

  • Facilitate access for all to quality food
  • Enhance the quality of the food supply
  • Improve knowledge and information on food
  • Preserve and promote the French gastronomic and culinary heritage.

Smaller Side projects organised by the government:

– Agroecology project pioneered by the Ministry of Agriculture

– Food Sanitary Safety in France:

– THE LAW ON THE FUTURE OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND FORESTRY [2015]

  • Creation of regional policies
  • Proposal to encourage local initiatives
  • Strengthening of National food council

– Food Policy

  • Regional Roots: focus on local agricultural communities.
  • Social Justice
  • Dietary education for younger people
  • Combating Food waste

– The Seed and Sustainable Agricultural Plan [Launched in December 2015- Version 2 will be out early 2016]:

  • Make selective plant breeding central to public policies;
  • Encourage production of knowledge to serve innovation in plant genetics and its use in agriculture;
  • Promote genetic diversity and structure networks for conservation of plant genetic resources; adjust the criteria for inclusion of varieties in the official catalogue, especially those suitable for organic agriculture or resistant to pests;
  • Develop innovative processes for data generation and analysis (notably networks for trials matched to the diversity of production conditions and climate change);
  • Add value to and disseminate data on varieties, making the official catalogue a tool for the promotion of genetic progress

 

National Information can be found here: 

http://www.hah.hr/pdf/wfd_2011/Mennecier-French%20Food%20policy.pdf

http://www.gouvernement.fr/en/competitiveness-in-the-agrifood-sector

http://agriculture.gouv.fr/sites/minagri/files/1604-aec-aeenfrance-dep-gb-bd1.pdf

http://agriculture.gouv.fr/sites/minagri/files/dgal-rapdac-2015-ang-highlights-web.pdf

http://agriculture.gouv.fr/sites/minagri/files/plaqmingb72_0.pdf

 

 

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