Proposals from distributors at the Agricultural Show: "Putting them around a table to improve [our] daily lives is good, but what we want now is action", reacts a representative of the FNSEA

"Putting distributors around a table to improve the daily lives of farmers is good," said Yannick Fialip on franceinfo on Wednesday, February 26 , "but what we want now is action." The cattle and sheep farmer in Espalem (Haute-Loire) and president of the FNSEA economic commission was reacting to three concrete actions proposed by Karine Le Marchand at the Agricultural Show, in partnership with distributors, on Wednesday morning.

Five bosses of French brands, Carrefour, Intermarché, Système U and Auchan responded to the invitation of the presenter of Amour est dans le Pré , who presents herself as the "spokesperson for farmers". Together, they agreed on three actions to improve the daily lives of farmers, reports the franceinfo journalist on site.

The first, called "love is ready" , consists of distributors opening the doors of all participating stores so that farmers can "sell their production directly and without intermediaries" , at a price that they will have set themselves and which will not be negotiated.

"We'll see how it works," reacts Yannick Fialip, "because without price negotiations, we'll still have to be at a market price." "If, at the same time, we find imported products in supermarkets, we risk having difficulty selling our stock," he specifies. Before adding: "If a tomato that comes from Morocco is half the price of a French tomato, it will be very difficult."

The second action is to maintain demand to contain prices. An "overproduction alert" will be launched to prevent prices from falling, when there is too much stock of fruit and vegetables for example. Posters will be put up in participating supermarkets and distributors will rely on the media to invite consumers to buy these products.

Finally, the third action is the establishment of an observatory of future sectors to anticipate long-term needs. For the breeder and representative of the agricultural union, today the population should agree to pay a higher price for products made in France.

"Food has a price," concludes the farmer. "I hope that through programs like Karine Le Marchand's, we can put some value back on food and make French consumers understand that what we put in our stomachs must be better taken into account in household spending."