French grain growers are worried about the Russian threat

While in the mid-2000s, France was “the world's third largest exporter of agricultural and agri-food products” and retains the leading position as a producer and exporter of cereals in Europe, it now faces “a certain number of obstacles” that we must face head on, immediately declares Jean-François Loiseau, president of the cereals inter-profession, Intercéales. “Russia has developed an extraordinary combat armada to, excuse me for the term, invade the playground of grain buyers in the world and mainly Africa,” he continues. It “works extremely violently, disintegrates the fundamentals of the market a little and puts us in a difficult position. So we have to react. France must react. Europe must react,” he argued. Message received by the Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade, Franck Riester, who states from the podium: “We must work together with you (...) to ensure that tomorrow there are even more markets open to exports” in the Maghreb , in sub-Saharan Africa or in China. The ...