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The challenge is to put in place a cover against the risks linked to climatic hazards so that “it is much more accessible to our farmers”, indicated the Minister of Agriculture and Food, Julien Denormandie.
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(Boursier.com) – Last September, Emmanuel Macron announced, during a visit to the agricultural fair “Terres de Jim”, in Corbières-en-Provence, that the State would provide 600 million euros per year to compensate farmers who are victims of climatic disasters and help them insure against medium risks.
“You are the first affected by climate change”, the President of the Republic had said to farmers, before also evoking his desire to “create a French crop insurance system to have the fastest possible response when you are affected by an agricultural calamity “.
While significant bad weather has affected French farmers in recent months, the system of crop insurance and compensation for farmers in the face of climatic hazards which tend to multiply will be reformed by the end of the five-year term, specified this Friday the Minister of Agriculture and Food, Julien Denormandie.
“More accessible to our farmers”
“I will present a bill on December 1 in the Council of Ministers, which will be debated in mid-January in the National Assembly, in the Senate at the end of January, to ensure that this bill can be adopted before the end of the term “, he explained on ‘France 2’.
“The challenge is to put in place a cover against these risks so that it is much more accessible to our farmers. As of December 1, I would present a bill to the Council of Ministers to overhaul this system of cover for risks “, repeated Julien Denormandie …
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