Gers, a guaranteed quality 

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A good number of Gers farm products have an official quality label:

• AOC for Armagnac, Floc de Gascogne, Madiran and Pacherenc Wines, VDQS for the Côtes de Saint-Mont,
• "Côtes de Gascogne" Vins de Pays (Local Wines),
• Red Label for Gers (Avigers) farm poultry, Gers farm geese, Gers farm ducks, Tender Charolais, Beef Blond d'Aquitaine,
• IGP Gers Duck Foie Gras,
• "Marchés du Gers" ("Gers Markets") Tradition Charter, and Quality Charter for the Gers Farm Manufacturers of Tinned Food.
• Organic Agriculture.

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Moreover, steps are taken to obtain a Quality official Label for:

 

 

 

• Purple Garlic from the Country of Cadours (AOC and AOP),
• White Garlic from Lomagne (IGP)

This is an evolutional and diversified agriculture as far as production is concerned.

 

The last 20 years have been marked by:

• a 25% decrease in cereal areas, actually corresponding to frost and fallow;
• an outburst for oleaginous products;
• a strong reduction in dairy cattle breeding and in swine breeding;
• a small decrease in cattle breeding;
• an outburst for meat poultry and fat poultry.

Agriculture in Gers is most of all:

• competitive channels which give a priority to quality,
• operating structures harmoniously distributed all over the country,
• an environment-friendly agriculture,
• educated men and women, who can evolve and adapt to new constraints.