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On the coast and inland, fisheries and agriculture play an importance part in the economy of Ille-et-Vilaine, France's leading département for the production of milk and veal. The Conseil général helps farmers to adapt to the changes taking place in the farming sector and to diversify their activity. It is also encouraging young farmers to set up farms in Ille-et-Vilaine.

In Ille-et-Vilaine, the Conseil général encourages young farmers to set up family-run farms through :

• a top-up to the young farmers allowance
• ?Consultancy? cheques
• assistance with leases on land and/or housing
• an availability agreement signed with a land development and rural establishment company (Société d'aménagement foncier et d'établissement rural)
• support in access to land and a house.
  

To cope with the changes facing the farming sector, the Conseil général is encouraging decreases in operating costs. It provides financial assistance for new farming groups which bring about a reduction in costs by pooling employees and machinery or equipment.
 
More and more farmers are finding themselves in a difficult financial situation and are forced to leave the land or find an additional source of income.
184 farms are included in the minimum social welfare payment (RMI) system. Free training is funded mainly by the Conseil général to help farmers to retrain for a different job.
 
Facing up to the challenge of economic changes means helping farmers to diversify their sources of income and to encourage them to diversify. In 2005, 36 diversification projects received support from the Conseil général, almost one-third of them concerning the energy sector (e.g. barn drying) or the timber sector.

Ille-et-Vilaine had 12,379 farmers in 2004 (13,548 in 1999).
Farm workers in Ille-et-Vilaine represented 5.2% of the working population in 2004 (20,496 workers). Almost 60% of farms contain between 20 and 50 hectares.
 


Service développement rural et littoral
Tel:  (+33) (0) 299 02 20 32