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The problem (here in France) is that the number of farmers is going down hard (with suicides every day). They are currently crushed by regulations, labor costs, undercuts by products from other countries with different labor costs and regulations and the supermarkets that make big margin on their back. So your solution is good, but it is not currently applicable here in France.

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The rethoric I've heard here (Netherlands) is that France idealizes the small farm as a living unit, which leads to undersized and under-modernized farms. This is then being propped up by subsidies, but imports (and government budgets) are putting more pressure on these farms' inefficiencies than the subsidies can compensate.

I am in no position to judge either way.

> but it is not currently applicable here in France.

You point out a serious policy problem. Couldn't we apply that solution if we changed that policy?

I hope that the solution is applicable, as I hope that the policy can be changed. But that's something on the long term.

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