The main agricultural issues and contradictions under debate in Rennes

As every year since the first edition, the topics of debate on the agenda of the Assises de l’agriculture et de l’alimentation will be numerous. On Thursday, November 14 in Cesson-Sévigné, in the Rennes metropolitan area, several issues and contradictions “from the fields to the plate”, which are tearing the French agricultural and agri-food sector apart, will be highlighted. The menu for this day will begin with the future of the CAP! The European elections have delayed the reform project – the current CAP applies until 2027 – and a central question will crystallize the upcoming debates more than ever: can the CAP reconcile food sovereignty and adaptation to climate change. The distribution of value will also be – as in almost every edition – the subject of a specific sequence, with Thierry Cotillard, president of the Les Mousquetaires group, this year. No fewer than six main courses – as many themes – are proposed during this day of exchange: the major challenge of land sharing, ...