Question 17261 — breeding

Summary

Mrs. Josiane Corneloup draws the attention of the Minister of Agriculture and Food to the difficulties encountered by breeders. The meat sectors are increasingly stigmatized by various anti-speciesist movements, and an acceleration of the phenomenon has been noted thanks to the support increasingly displayed by the media and cultural circles, with for example, the call of January 3 for a "Green Monday", the distribution in schools in Saône-et-Loire from the booklet “My animal journal” presented as an educational tool by L214 education, branch of L214; breeders are not capable of fighting alone. These actions arouse the anger of professionals in the sector; they are worried, faced with a difficult market context, about the economic consequences that this will cause when meat consumption has already fallen by 12% in ten years! The market is constantly weakened despite the sector's commitment to adapting to consumer expectations, in particular through the “pact for societal commitment” signed by the inter-profession since 2017 and labeled by AFNOR. French breeders are indeed the leading players in well-being and meats bearing the “Viandes de France” signature already guarantee consumers meat from local territories and methods of production. more sustainable production. At the department level, Saône-et-Loire joined a collective in October 2018 bringing together the different players in the meat sector, from breeding to marketing, for the defense of traditional French breeding, the well-treatment of animals, butchery, charcuterie and the consumption of meat and dairy products. Violent actions against farmers, communication repeated aiming to reduce meat consumption, to position farmers as polluters, mistreating their animals “negatively” their work. The consequences on their mental health are dramatic. Many suicides occurred in 2018. This is the socio-professional category most at risk. Excess mortality from suicide among farmers is 20 to 30% higher than the population average. In Consequently, she asks him to please specify the actions that the Government intends to take in order to put an end to the “agribashing” of which breeders are victims and the support measures which will be implemented in order to support the meat sectors.

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