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Radio France Internationale
Radio France Internationale
National
Alison Hird

French graduates call for boycott of 'destructive' agribusiness jobs

Protesters in Brittany hold a banner reading "agribusiness is driving us into the wall" on 19 March 19, 2022. AFP - JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER

Agricultural engineering graduates from the elite AgroParisTech university have called for fellow students to join them in deserting the agro tech industry. They want to use their skills to build a different kind of agriculture, more collaborative, more respectful of the environment and society.

France, the EU’s largest agricultural producer, has developed its huge agribusiness industry thanks to intensive farming, pesticides and innovative technology.

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