FILE PHOTO: A can of glyphosate weedkiller in a treated mustard field in Ouzouer-sous-Bellegarde, France, November 30, 2017. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Photo
PARIS (Reuters) - France will give financial aid to farmers who agree to halt use of glyphosate, the farm ministry said on Monday after President Macron said he had failed with efforts to ban use of the weedkiller by 2021.
Glyphosate, first developed by Bayer's Monsanto under the Roundup brand, has generated intense global debate over its safety since a World Health Organization agency concluded in 2015 that it probably causes cancer.
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