Title: A Look Back at the Last 250 Years of French Agriculture
Headings: A Look Back at the Last 250 Years of French Agriculture
A Look Back at the Last 250 Years of French Agriculture
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, AN AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION
19TH CENTURY MODERNIZATION OF AGRICULTURE SPARKS INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
THE 20TH CENTURY: MORE SPECIALIZED AGRICULTURE TO ACHIEVE FOOD SECURITY AND A BASE FOR EUROPEAN CONSTRUCTION
THE 21ST CENTURY: A NEW STEP TO PRODUCE MORE AND BETTER FOOD, WHILE PRESERVING THE QUALITY OF OUR ENVIRONMENT
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Content: But they also wanted agriculture to remain a family activity with strong values. Moreover the landscape was modified a great deal with the concentration of lands to create bigger farms, phenomenon known as le remembrement (land consolidation). ©Jean-Pierre Verney/Min. Agri. Fr
This desire on the part of the farmers to modernize their agriculture and the agricultural policies led to an intensive, specialized agriculture all over France. But at the end of the 20th century, consumers concerns about the way food was made and its environmental impact led to the development of high quality standards for products (geographic denomination, label rouge), increased organic production, the support of farms in disadvantaged areas, farms providing for local buyers…
THE 21ST CENTURY: A NEW STEP TO PRODUCE MORE AND BETTER FOOD, WHILE PRESERVING THE QUALITY OF OUR ENVIRONMENT
©Xavier Remongin/Min.agri.fr
Today agriculture still has a very special role in France. Farmers have other responsibilities besides just producing food : working on the landscapes, preserving the biodiversity, keeping some rural areas from becoming empty, providing diversity for food and seeds. French agricultural exports have risen to 9 billion Euros.