The study is the first in France to present a national statistical overview of environmental indicators for agriculture. Further, much of the pesticides applied in France are types with significant environmental or health risks attached, such as atrazine, alachlor, isoproturon and fenpropimorph, the report warns. Another area in which the study reveals unsustainable trends is water use. In several areas, the report shows that agriculture is a significant contributor to national polluting emissions.
Agriculture is a big contributor to national emissions of the greenhouse gas methane.