L'intégration verticale et son action sur la production de viande

Integration in meat production is developing slowly and is meeting many difficulties. The uncertain nature of this kind of production is not limited only to unorganized structures, it is to be found also, to a lesser degree, in integrated units and is to be explained by the present impossibility of regulating efficiently the flow of animals and products. This impossibility is linked, on the one hand, to the nature of biological phenomena, not yet entirely under control, on which production activities depend and, on the other hand, on the irregularity of the demand. This situation is worsened by the very vulnerable state of the meat-producing industry's structures in France. For these various reasons, vertical integration, as it is practised at the moment, does not necessarily ensure a satisfactory adjustment of supply and demand.