A hard-hitting advertising campaign by French environmentalists has inflamed the national debate on agriculture, but will it result in a greener CAP?
The Team
Jean-Christophe Bureau
Economist
Jean-Christophe Bureau completed his thesis at the University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne) in 1986. He is professor of economics at the National Institute of Agronomy Paris-Grignon and works on issues relating to international trade in the areas of agriculture and the environment. Mr Bureau is a research associate of the CEPII.
Mr Bureau is Director of a joint research team in public economics (UMR INRA 210) and is a member of the permanent unit of the French Prime Minister's Council for Economic Analysis.
He has held successive posts at the Forecasting Directorate of the French Ministry of Economy and Finance, and the Economics Department of the National Institute of Research in Agronomy (INRA), the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and the Economic Research Service of the US Department of Agriculture. He has also been a consultant for the European Commission, the OECD and the Inter-American Development Bank. He collaborates regularly with researchers from Iowa State University, where he has also worked as a visiting professor.
Recent blog posts written by Jean-Christophe Bureau
Why are we so lousy at measuring farmers’ incomes?
Tumbling farm incomes make good headlines, but the reality is that we don’t seem to be able to measure farmers’ income in a satisfactory way in the EU.
Does France really want to suspend agri-environmental measures?
The president of the main farmers’ union, the Fedération Nationale des Syndicats d’Exploitants Agricoles (FNSEA) Jean Michel Le Metayer called for “a pause in agri-environmental measures” and the suspension of new measures. The Ministry of agriculture seems to have some sympathy for this position. While it turns out that it is more the GAECs than the MAEs that are at stake, this is illustrative of the French debate.
“Notre Europe” brainstorming
The think tank “Notre Europe” just released a document on the future of the CAP. Notre Europe’s point of view is that because the health check (HC) is likely to lead mostly to short term adjustments, the “real” debate on the CAP is likely to take place before the next financial perspectives. The outcome could [...]
