6. Common Agricultural Policy and Regional Changes in France

Thanks to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) the European Community (EC) became the fourth or the third cereal producer in the world, just behind or just before India depending on the choice for taking into account rice production: paddy or milled rice. At the end of the 1990’s, the Indian cereal production was 225 million tonnes on a paddy basis and 183 million tonnes on a milled rice basis. If the EU is growing more wheat (98 M t versus 68 M t) and more coarse grains (105 M t versus 31 M ...