SPACE: France facing the crisis

After a fall of agricultural income in 2008 (-11% in real terms, after two years of exceptional growth), French farmers have to face the consequences of the world crisis. By Philippe Caldier Almost all the sectors are marked by social or economical tensions due to lower prices and too high production costs. In the industry, mergers and acquisitions are frequent, as well as in dairy production or pig meat (e.g. the creation of Cooperl Arc Atlantique on January 1, 2009, which is now the first Fr