Translation of "industrie agricole et alimentaire " (French → English) :

Cautions against over-reliance on producing non-food agricultural commodities rather than food, in particular biofuel feed stocks, in initiatives financed by NAFSN, in which the production of such commodities can have a detrimental impact on food security and on the food sovereignty of participating countries.

EUROVOC descriptor: consumer information agricultural product foodstuff designation of origin product designation quality control of agricultural products

With regard to physical potential, a set of measures on the modernisation of agricultural holdings, improvement of the economic value of forests, adding value to agricultural and forestry products, promoting the development of new products, processes and technologies in the agriculture and food sector and in the forestry sector, improvement and development of agricultural and forestry infrastructure, restoring agricultural production potential damaged by natural disasters and introduction of appropriate prevention measures should be made available.

Fourth, there would be massive costs to mandating a label for all foods that are genetically modified or contain genetically modified elements.

Organisations like COPA (Committee of Agricultural Organisations in the EC), CIAA (Commission of the Agriculture and Food Industries) and BEUC (European Bureau of Consumers' Unions) participated in the conference and expressed their views on the simplification of veterinary legislation.

The very first thing the Liberal government must do is recognize that the agricultural and food industries are the most important industries in the land.