The FDSEA and the JA in turn launch the campaign for the elections to the Lot Chamber of Agriculture

Saturday 18th January 2025 04:24 AM

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The FDSEA and the JA du Lot launch their campaign for the elections to the Chamber of Agriculture. The majority union wants to defend the income of farmers as a priority.

It’s the turn of the FDSEA and the JA du Lot to officially launch the campaign. After Gourdon, Anglars-Juillac, Cenevières and Saint-Cyprien, the two unions continue their tour of public meetings and will notably visit Saint-Michel-Loubejou or Baladou on Monday January 20. “We explain our project, but we also encourage people to vote. It’s important to show the importance of farmers to their profession,” explains Stéphane Pons, head of the list, alongside Quentin Rayjal.

Income, competitiveness, installation…

The FDSEA and the JA focus their programs mainly on the income of farmers. “To live with dignity from our profession by defending the price, finding outlets and promoting our products,” defends Stéphane Pons. The question of income is also accompanied by the CAP. “We want to maintain support for individual reporting. This is not the case in all departments.”

The unions are also addressing competitiveness: “We need to make farmers want to do business again. We are in a period where we lack visibility despite the demonstrations,” adds the head of the list. It is also a question of encouraging young people to settle down, with viable projects for operators.

Climate change is also one of the concerns of the FDSEA and the JA. They wish to support farmers in “the implementation of levers for adaptation/mitigation to climate change”.

Finally, the two unions wish to “continue to develop the interface with our communities of municipalities, engage in local dialogue and communication with elected officials and local residents and fight against detractors from the agricultural world”.

Back to the demonstrations

Stéphane Pons also returned to the farmers' demonstrations which caused a lot of ink to be spilled. “We have made quite a bit of progress, we must recognize it, but it is not enough, it is also linked to the current political context,” he says. “We still have a lot of things on the table, but the government must hold on to see the direct effects on farms.”