The government has decided on “additional aid of 14 million euros per year for the benefit of sugar cane planters in Reunion from the 2022 campaign”, announced Julien Denormandie, Minister of Agriculture, and Sébastien Lecornu, Minister of Overseas, in a letter sent on March 23 to the inter-professional sector of the sector. The State thus responds favorably to part of the Reunionese demands : additional aid of 20 million euros for planters and 15 million for manufacturers. If Paris heard the farmers' grievances, faced with drought during previous seasons, as well as the rising cost of fertilizers and the ban on a growing number of herbicide molecules. The State requests additional studies regarding the request from Tereos Indian Ocean. On the other hand, the annual aid of 28 million euros received by the sugar group to compensate for the drop in sugar prices since the end of European quotas is renewed.
