Pasta manufacturers plead that more durum wheat must be grown in France

게시됨 2024년 10월 15일

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The article highlights the concerns of French pasta manufacturers due to a significant decrease in the cultivation of durum wheat, which is expected to lead to a harvest of only over a million tonnes in 2024, down from nearly 1.3 million tonnes in 2023. This reduction in production is attributed to adverse climatic conditions. As pasta consumption in France continues to rise, manufacturers are urging farmers to increase durum wheat cultivation to meet domestic demand and maintain the quality of pasta. Despite challenges such as competition and smaller grain sizes requiring more wheat, national manufacturers are committed to using 100% French durum wheat. A 43 million euros plan, funded by the government and cereal producers, aims to boost durum wheat production by focusing on varietal research to make wheat more resilient to climate change.

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If manufacturers are worried, it is because the cultivated areas, currently around 240,000 hectares, "have been halved in the space of fifteen years", while pasta consumption continues to grow (+8% since 2019), explains to AFP Albert Mathieu, president of the union of industrial pasta and semolina manufacturers (Sifpaf) and also CEO of Panzani. "The best way to secure French durum wheat production is to increase the cultivated areas", he says. Manufacturers are trying to convince farmers, who "will make decisions in the coming weeks on their sowing" for the 2025 harvest, to choose durum wheat. In 2023, France produced nearly 1.3 million tonnes of this cereal exclusively intended for human consumption, from pasta shells to couscous. This year, "while the cultivated areas are identical, and therefore small, it is estimated that the harvested volume will be a little over a million tonnes", indicates Albert Mathieu. The durum wheat harvest, like that of its cousin soft wheat, was ...

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