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French President Emmanuel Macron has called for increased use of data technologies such as blockchain in the EU to boost the agriculture industry and address concerns over food traceability.
Inaugurating the 56th International Agricultural Fair in Paris at the weekend, Agridigitale.net reports, Macron spoke of the need to authenticate and track agricultural products amid growing consumer concerns over issues such such as the recent Polish beef scandal, saying:
“Let’s do this in Europe, [be at the] the vanguard of agricultural data by developing tools that will track every product from raw material production to packaging and processing.”
[...] The call for innovation came as part of a multi-part strategy that the president outlined in his speech. Europe’s agricultural policy going forward, he said, would be based on the protection of farmers and consumers against climate change and market risks, farming more ecologically, and using technology and innovation to help to solve industry challenges.
https://www.coindesk.com/french-president-says-blockchain-could-put-europe-at-vanguard-of-innovation
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Ethanol-fueled on Thursday February 28 2019, @10:32PM (2 children)
Vanguard? More like En-guarde, am I right?
That fucker deserves no less than the Guillotine. If our media weren't deep-state shits we'd be seeing the protests live in all of their glory, maybe even starting our own, and not be placated by phony crocodile tear-crying "populist" actors like Alexandra Occasio-Cortez.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday March 01 2019, @01:34AM
Very much like the "Occupy..." protests, right? So much good those did.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 3, Informative) by quietus on Friday March 01 2019, @08:17PM
Live in all their glory eh? I had to cross Paris on the second or third Saturday of protests, from the Gare du Nord to the Gare du Lyon, close to the center of the city. Metro stations closed, busses rerouted, and at strategic positions police vans stationed: while the previous protests had already caused a couple of deaths, this time the gilets jaunes had announced that they were going to break into the Elysee (storm the White House, in US terms). International travellers were warned not to attempt to travel through Paris, as things might turn nasty.
Grand total of gilets jaunes I've seen? One, seemingly drunk -- unless it's normal to shout things while desperately clinging on a traffic light at the beginning of a Paris boulevard.
Oh, and a bunch of fellows who looked like they knew where they were going, so I walked with them; until I made the keen observation that they were all young, twenty-somethings, clad in black, combining bottines, hoodies and picknick-style backpacks. Later that evening I saw my friends back on the continuous streaming live updates & commentary, acting all creative with bricks & fire crackers.
The neighborhood I was staying, around the Gare Lyon, quite the number of shops were closed and boarded up, but not all: the Asian-run shops, jewellery stores and one shop which sold car parts -- anything which could be sold quickly, with a bit of racism mixed into it.
But apart from that, it was just a mild Saturday afternoon & evening with people going about their business, neighbors chatting, parents strolling with their children, and cafes and restaurants well-filled.
If you watched the BBC though, you'd had the impression Paris was ablaze and next stage would have been dusting off the guillotines. Maybe it is because nobody at the BBC seems to be able to speak or understand French; or maybe it's because their reporters expect to be ambushed in the Quatrieme District by filthy French forcing escargots and what have you -- nonpasteurized goat cheese, or cold beer, for example -- down their throats.
Understandable, but still.