Coexistence and Confrontation of Agricultural and Food Models: A New Paradigm of Territorial Development?

ISBN-13: 9789402421774 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 303 str.

Pierre Gasselin; Sylvie Lardon; Claire Cerdan

Opis

This book analyses situations of coexistence and confrontation of agricultural and food models according to four major dimensions of territorial development: the tension between specialisation and diversification; innovation; adaptation; and food transition. New agricultural and food models are being deployed in territories around the world in response to criticisms of the old forms of agriculture and food production, and in order to meet new challenges. These models embody archetypes of the observed diversity, actors’ projects or new norms.A number of conceptual studies and case studies from France and other countries allow us to understand the interactions between these models (confrontation, complementarity, co-evolution, hybridisation, etc.), taking us well beyond the characterisation of their diversity and the evaluation of their relative performances. The coexistence and confrontation of these models build up their capacity for radical change.The book asks original questions about the analytical framework, its methodological challenges and the expected outcomes for the support of agricultural and food development in rural and urban territories. It is intended for researchers, teachers, students and professionals interested in territorial development.Pierre Gasselin, Sylvie Lardon, Claire Cerdan, Salma Loudiyi and Denis Sautier are the scientific coordinators of this book. They are geographers and economists at CIRAD, INRAE and VetAgro Sup, where they conduct research on the transformation of agriculture, food systems and territories in France and other countries. This book is the result of a collective research process involving 36 authors from Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Burkina Faso, France, Japan, Switzerland and Vietnam.
Jan Douwe van der Ploeg, author of the Foreword, is Professor Emeritus of Rural Sociology at Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands and Associate Professor of Agricultural Sociology at the China Agricultural University in Beijing. He has conducted extensive research on processes of agricultural transition and on dynamics of rural development.

Spis treści

Preface - A courageous and truly necessary work; Jan Douwe van der Ploeg
General introduction - Questions, issues and analytical framework; Pierre Gasselin, Sylvie Lardon, Claire Cerdan, Salma Loudiyi, Denis Sautier
PART I. SPECIALIZATION/DIVERSIFICATION
Introduction - Productive and territorial specialization: a blocking factor or a resource; Pierre Gasselin, Denis Sautier
1. From agro-industrial specialization to the plurality of models in southern Brazil; Claire Cerdan
2. The construction of development itineraries in dairy basins, between specialized and diversified models; Martine Napoleone, Marie Houdart, Guillaume Duteurtre
3. Does the evolution of agricultural production models allow for their coexistence in the territories; Frederic Wallet
PART II. INNOVATION
Introduction - Innovation: ferment and fruit of the coexistence and confrontation of agricultural and food models; Pierre Gasselin
4. Mass retailing, a driving force for hybridization and innovation in territorial food systems; Virginie Baritaux, Marie Houdart
5. Coexisting in Cuma: cooperation between heterogeneous farmers; Veronique Lucas, Pierre Gasselin
6. Emergence and compartmentalization of advisory subsystems for ecological intensification of agriculture in Burkina Faso; Aurelie Toillier, Saydou Bance, Guy Faure
PART III. ADAPTATION
Introduction - Adaptation: necessity and project in coexistence; Sylvie Lardon
7. ProHuerta: from subsistence self-production to the agroecological challenge of giants; Roberto Cittadini, Agnes Coiffard
8. Hybridization of food chains in peri-urban production systems: the example of Pisa, Italy; Rosalia Filippini
9. Tradition in the market: valuing the know-how and identity of the Faxinal Emboque community in Brazil; Vanessa Iceri
10. History and coexistence of agricultural development models. The cases of Argentina, France and Brazil; Christophe Albaladejo
PART IV. TRANSITION
Introduction - Thinking about transitions through the coexistence and confrontation of agricultural and food models: scales, actors and territorial trajectories; Salma Loudiyi, Claire Cerdan
11. The role of interactions between organic and "conventional" in the ecological transition of the territorial food system of southern Ardèche; Claire Lamine
12. Challenging and caring: forms of solidarity in local purchasing groups; Emmanuelle Cheyns, Nora Daoud
13. Governing coexistence in an economy "in transition": peasant farming and mega-farms in the Vietnamese dairy sector; Guillaume Duteurtre, Pascal Bonnet, Nathalie Hostiou, Nguyen Mai Huong, Pham Duy Khanh, Jean-Daniel Cesaro, Emmanuel Pannier
14. Thinking about the diversity of transition trajectories; Philippe V. Baret, Clémentine Antier
PART V. A NEW PARADIGM OF TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT?
Introduction - Ambivalence of models and the challenge of territorial governance of coexistence; Pierre Gasselin, Sylvie Lardon, Claire Cerdan, Salma Loudiyi, Denis Sautier
15. Coexistence as an arrangement: the multiplicity of dairy models in Switzerland; Jeremie Forney
16. Neoliberalization of agricultural policy in Japan and contradictions between agricultural models; Kae Sekine
17. Where is the development model of food systems that emerged at the end of the 20th century going; Gilles Allaire
18. Agricultural and food models: don't believe in them too much, but believe in them anyway; Ronan Le Velly
19. Confronting models: coexistence to navigate between the naivety of consensus and the violence of polarization; Patrick Caron
20. Governing the coexistence and confrontation of agricultural and food models in the territories: paradigm, postures, methods; Pierre Gasselin, Sylvie Lardon, Claire Cerdan, Salma Loudiyi, Denis Sautier
List of authors

O autorze

Pierre Gasselin, geographer at INRAE (Innovation joint research unit, Montpellier), conducts research in France and Latin America on the transformation of farmers’ activities, on the conditions conducive to their territorial integration, and on providing support to them.

Sylvie Lardon, geographer at INRAE and AgroParisTech (Territoires joint research unit, Clermont-Ferrand), is a specialist in participatory prospective diagnosis. She studies the transformations of rural and urban territories in the Mediterranean region, Argentina and Brazil.

Claire Cerdan, geographer, researcher at CIRAD (Innovation joint research unit, Réunion), works on localised agrifood systems and the role of territorial resources in the recomposition of territories in Africa and Latin America.

Salma Loudiyi, geographer, full professor at VetAgro Sup (Territoires joint research unit, Clermont-Ferrand), leads research on the implementation of integrated food policies in France and North America.

Denis Sautier, economist at CIRAD (Innovation joint research unit, Montpellier), studies localised agrifood systems and place-based labelling in Asia and Africa.