Editorial: Le Monde

• The Agricultural Guidance Law, although well-intended, seems impractical and overlooks central concerns such as income and distribution of value in agriculture.
• The law perpetuates an outdated agricultural model rather than encouraging a necessary paradigm shift given declining yields, a demographic crisis, and operations vulnerable to international competition.
• The law is not only weak in ecological ambitions, but also backtracks on significant measures such as the decriminalisation of offenses to protected species.
• The final text omits the agro-ecological transition, despite being a pathway recognised by science for resilience, mitigating climate change, and food production.
• There is a misunderstanding of agriculture as a monolithic, outdated, and unsustainable field, but the majority of farmers are willing to change their practices with adequate support.

Conclusion: The Agricultural Guidance Law should be a vehicle for promoting adaptation to climate change, generalising good practices, and setting a clear and coherent direction. However, the adopted version falls short in these aspects, exacerbating the perception of abandonment among farmers and delaying an inevitable transition towards sustainable and resilient agriculture.

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