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Sustainable Production of Wheatfor Biscuits and
Baby-Food André BOCQUILLON EARL du Grand
Logis Guillaume THOMAS Groupe DANONE
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DANONE objectives

• Answer to consumers new expectations concerning
  Environment and Social issues.
• Implement more sustainable agricultural
  practices at the farm level.
• Supply Wheat flour with a high level of Quality,
  Food Safety, and Traceability.
• Communicate on the improvements.

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VALFRANCE answer

• VALFRANCE is a cooperative of 1.400 farmers
• 700.000 tonnes of grain collected / year
• including 450.000 tonnes of soft wheat
• Gather a group of 20 farmers to test more
  sustainable practices for wheat production
• Implement the most efficient practices in every
  farm, starting from the board of trustees
• In 2007 27 of the grain collect is certified
  with the French referential integrated farming

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André BOCQUILLON involvement

• EARL du Grand Logis
• 120 ha of soft wheat / year
• One of the first farm to target the French
  certification for integrated farming.

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Environment (example 1) Safe management of
pesticides
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Environment (example 2) Recycling of wastes
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Environment (example 3) Biological
eliminationof the sprayer dead volumes
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Environment (example 4) Retention area for
diesel and liquid fertilisers
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Environment (example 5) Surface water protection
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Social (example 1) Workers protection
Water exit to Biobac
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Economic (example 1) Traceability of all
Practices
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Economic (example 2) Precision agriculture
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Social (example 2) School day at the farm
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Conclusion

• What has changed at the farm level ?
• More professionalism in following the crops
• Better control of hazards in the farm
• Improved pride of being farmer
• Better relationship with neighbourhood
• Expectations for the future
• Better valorisation of the work done
• Improve communication to the citizen, the
  consumer,

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