A greener Europe for beef cattle

The European strategies for the environment and agriculture foresee a 50% drop in pesticides by 2030, a reduction in the use of fertilizers, and the objective of reserving at least a quarter of the land for organic crops while by increasing the areas fallow or returned to nature to preserve biodiversity. The scenarios outlined highlight significant environmental benefits, to the detriment of food sovereignty. Saving the planet is a laudable and essential desire, but washing more "white than white" at home and ending up importing products from countries less concerned with the planet is nonsense. The world needs meat, but macroeconomic observation of the market is enough to discourage the most ardent advocates of livestock. The geopolitical storms generated by the monetary and fiscal policy of the American administration have dried up the liquidity of emerging countries (Brazil, Argentina, Turkey, Egypt, Algeria, etc.). The covid 19 crisis and the billions it engulfed have ...