L'Union européenne est l'un des plus grands producteurs mondiaux de céréales. Mais depuis trois ans, le secteur est pris en étau entre des prix planchers sur des marchés internationaux volatils et la hausse des coûts de production. Sans parler de l’impact des aléas climatiques sur les rendements.

Comment vont les céréaliers aujourd’hui ? Quelles sont les perspectives pour les céréales européennes ? Le 62ème épisode de Nourrir l’Europe tente de répondre à ces questions.

Eric Thiroin, céréalier français et président de l’Association générale des producteurs de blé, nous rapporte la dégradation de la compétitivité et du moral de la profession dans l’Union européenne depuis le début de la guerre en Ukraine. Guillaume Jacquemin, sélectionneur céréales au Centre de recherche agronomique de Wallonie, nous explique comment se créent, dans l’UE, les nouvelles variétés de céréales résistantes aux évolutions du climat. Et Philippe Mitko, responsable des relations extérieures de Soufflet Négoce by InVivo, décrypte ce qui détermine les prix des céréales sur les marchés internationaux et l’exposition des producteurs européens aux effets de change. Enfin, Justyna Wrobel, qui dirige l’équipe en charge des céréales, des oléagineux, des légumineuses et du riz dans l’unité cultures arables de la Direction générale de l’agriculture et du développement rural de la Commission européenne, revient sur la nature du soutien apporté par la Politique agricole commune aux céréaliers européens dans cette période difficile et sur les pistes envisagées pour renforcer la compétitivité du secteur.

62. Céréaliers européens : renouer avec la compétitivité

We follow the rise of civilization and of powerful empires in West Africa before the slave tade, based upon iron-working and the traffic in gold and salt across the Sahara, followed by the spread of wealth and power southward, towards the gold fields and the tropical forests, and finally the reverberating impacts of the arrival of Portuguese traders on the coast, which paved the way for the rise of the Atlantic slave trade.

Suggested further reading:  Rodney, “History of the Upper Guinea Coast”; Ajayi, ed., “History of West Africa,” vol. 1

Image:  Sculptural head from Ife, bronze & brass, ca. 1300s

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Cities of Iron & Gold: West Africa Before 1700

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