"Going the way of organic, climate-resilient Caledonian beef is possible, but it takes effort".
The cattle industry has been working on an organic cattle guide (according to NOAB) which aims at enabling breeders to join massively the organic sector and access the Bio Pasifika certification. This document was presented during a farmers' meeting at René Marlier’s, a PROTEGE agro-ecology demonstration farm.
About thirty farmers met on 1 October at the Marlier farm in Kaala-Gomen. A day bringing together the various actors in the sector, including the BioCaledonia association, which initiated this meeting, the aim of which was to launch the organic cattle reading guide in New Caledonia.
"Going organic is conceivable because today we are discovering that our methods are very close to organic", Stephen Moglia, a breeder in Moindou, an agroecology demonstration farm.
"Conversion is possible, but it will require effort and changes in our practices," Nicolas Pebay, Director of Agrical Ballande, an agroecology demonstration farm.
"We had a very interesting debate, on technical points that could cause problems. Mission accomplished for me", Franck Soury-Lavergne, President of the BioCalédonia association and agroecology demonstration farm.
This exchange was rich for the demonstration farms in agroecology in the cattle sector that were present. organic cattle. This extensive farming method is particularly resilient to the effects of climate change. PROTEGE supports various innovative actions to remove the technical obstacles to this type of farming (genetic control, management of invasive plants in pastures, etc.) and to enhance its ecosystem services (carbon enrichment of soils, strengthening of biodiversity and tree cover, etc.).
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