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00:05 Place aux paysans, your new meeting on the agricultural world.
00:10 This month we ask ourselves the question, yes, French agriculture is the first in Europe.
00:15 It represents 12% of the GDP, but what is it in the dark?
00:19 To answer this question, Raymond Vial, the president of the Chamber of Agriculture, is our guest.
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00:34 Raymond Vial, we said, first in Europe, but what is the situation in the Loire?
00:39 Hello.
00:40 Hello.
00:41 So, first of all, two reasons why we do this type of show.
00:45 One, we wanted to show Nigerian consumers that Nigerian agriculture is not what is reported in the major national media.
00:55 Two, this agriculture has changed a lot since the end of the war.
01:02 It is a modern agriculture.
01:05 It is an agriculture that today uses digital technology, robotization.
01:10 It is an agriculture that has also allied itself to know-how and traditions,
01:15 but it is also an agriculture that is very environmentally conscious,
01:21 even if we do not realize it every day.
01:24 The setting up of farm buildings, the use of phytosanitary products,
01:28 the writing of a map with the rivers.
01:32 On water, we are still today very much ahead on water,
01:37 regarding the use of water in farms,
01:40 both in irrigation and in animal husbandry.
01:44 In any case, we wanted to show our Nigerian society
01:49 what this agriculture is that brings them very good products all year round on their plates.
01:54 That's it, ten numbers.
01:55 We will talk about the environment, we will talk about all of this.
01:57 And you really opened the doors.
01:59 The farmers played the game and our cameras were able to give the peasants a place.
02:04 Our farmers know it.
02:06 They are forced to play the transparency.
02:09 Today, they are often the emissary books.
02:12 So they have to open the doors,
02:14 they have to communicate on their know-how, on how they produce.
02:19 The theme with you is the situation of agriculture in the Loire.
02:22 Is it good or not?
02:23 Can we have a smile?
02:25 Yes and no.
02:26 The first thing, if we are pessimistic,
02:30 the Loire, like many other departments, has lost a lot of farmland.
02:34 The Loire was a small farmland department, 20 to 25 hectares.
02:40 So these farms are modernized with the years coming,
02:44 but also we had a lot of departure in the 60s, 70s,
02:49 towards the city, in the farmers' front,
02:52 and so a lot of farmland has disappeared.
02:54 Despite this, the Loire department today,
02:57 an Insee survey that was published these days,
03:01 we are the fourth French department in terms of facilities.
03:06 About 400 young people a year are pushing the door of the point of welcome.
03:12 Out of these 400 young people, 90 are settled by the aides,
03:16 and about 30 without the aides.
03:18 This means that two out of three farmers are displaced.
03:22 So this is our side, pride,
03:24 and we are the first department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in terms of age of farms.
03:29 This is a project that dates back to 1995, it was thought of,
03:32 and we see today that it is starting, we see it is growing.
03:36 It is growing more than it was.
03:38 We can say a big thank you to someone who is no longer with us,
03:41 Pascal Clément, who at the time was president of the department,
03:44 who in 1995 wished to accompany agriculture
03:49 on a file that today really bears its fruits.
03:53 He made available to the Chamber of Agriculture financial resources
03:57 to accompany farmers who did not have children to take over.
04:03 And so we created the Cédant-Repreneur relationship,
04:07 and currently 40% of the Loire facilities are family-owned.
04:13 So the Chamber of Agriculture, when we push the doors,
04:15 why do people push the doors of the Chamber of Agriculture?
04:18 What are the general questions that are asked?
04:20 So the Chamber of Agriculture is at the service of farmers
04:26 from the birth of an operation, to its death or its transmission.
04:32 This means that we are there to accompany on all administrative stages.
04:37 You have to register, of course, what we call the Center for Formalities of Operations.
04:42 Then we have technical support in all animal production,
04:48 milk, meat, oats, caper, but also in vegetable production,
04:52 marketing, horticulture, viticulture, even on very annexed production,
04:59 because we have developed a lot of farm products and innovative products.
05:03 So the Loire is still a pioneer in all this,
05:06 and the Chamber of Agriculture of the Loire provides this service.
05:09 And then at the economic level, we support the young people who want to settle,
05:13 but we also support people of my age who are transmitting their farming,
05:20 and who need to be supported for this transmission.
05:25 And does the State consult you a little?
05:28 So a Chamber of Agriculture has two main missions.
05:32 It has a consular mission, and so today we are the representatives
05:37 of a whole profession, of all the farmers in a department, at the eyes of the State.
05:42 And so the prefecture and the services of the prefecture
05:45 very often call on the Chamber of Agriculture to know
05:49 how the farmer is positioned on a particular file.
05:53 And the second of the great missions of a Chamber of Agriculture,
05:56 it's a rather technical mission.
05:59 We support all farmers and all farmers in this department,
06:04 but here it's often at the level of services, either individual or collective.
06:10 And we have recently developed, and I will finish on this,
06:13 the support of the territorial communities, the intercos, the department,
06:18 to help them implement their agricultural projects.
06:21 Last little question, is it a happy president that I have today
06:24 on the platform of Place aux Paysans?
06:27 So yes, it's a very happy president, because first of all,
06:31 he is surrounded by a great team.
06:34 He is surrounded by farmers in this department who are proud of their profession
06:38 and who are proud to have embraced this profession.
06:41 And do consumers like you?
06:43 Yes.
06:44 Yes? Thank you.
06:46 A beautiful program.
06:48 A very beautiful program, and thanks again to TELSED for having us.
06:52 That was your show Place aux Paysans. See you soon.
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