"After the call I launched, today there are more than 200,000 people who have answered, and we have 5,000 recruiters who are organizing the work" said the Minister of Agriculture and Food, Didier Guillaume, on France 2, Tuesday April 7.

"We are not going to take these people across France. They are going to work near them, with farmers, but also in agrifood companies, in transport and logistics," said the French minister, referring to the platform launched. in particular by Pôle emploi.

Tuesday morning, this site indicated that 10 621 offers were available in these sectors, but also in health, home help, energy and telecoms.

"The shadow army"

If the food chain was broken, "there would be nothing to eat for our fellow citizens" insisted the minister. "We have 5,000 recruiters who look at the profiles, and guide them so that they work in agriculture but also in logistics: it is very important that the products are transported to the places of purchase," he said. -he declares.

Two weeks ago, the Ministry of Agriculture launched an appeal "to the army in the shadow of the men and women (who) are no longer working" and are put on partial unemployment because of the crisis linked to the Covid-19 pandemic, inviting them to "join the great army of French agriculture" in search of labor for harvesting fruit and vegetables or spring sowing.

With AFP

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