The Institutionalization of Agroecology through the Agroecological Project for France
(2024) In IIIEE Master Thesis IMEM01 20241The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Increasing issues related to agriculture are being identified. To counter these issues, some type of methods of agriculture are being introduced and reintroduced, such as agroecology. With its focus on practices, sciences and social movement, agroecology is considered as a promising solution to bring a paradigm change to agriculture as we know today and to provide better quality food, produced in better environment in more fair conditions. Some countries have been institutionalizing agroecology to make it more widespread, this is the case of France, with the Agroecological Project for France (APF). This policy wished to enhance an agroecological transition in the biggest agricultural producer in Europe, bringing together farmers in... (More)
- Increasing issues related to agriculture are being identified. To counter these issues, some type of methods of agriculture are being introduced and reintroduced, such as agroecology. With its focus on practices, sciences and social movement, agroecology is considered as a promising solution to bring a paradigm change to agriculture as we know today and to provide better quality food, produced in better environment in more fair conditions. Some countries have been institutionalizing agroecology to make it more widespread, this is the case of France, with the Agroecological Project for France (APF). This policy wished to enhance an agroecological transition in the biggest agricultural producer in Europe, bringing together farmers in collective project, or actively reducing the use of pesticides. Therefore, this thesis aims at understanding what the goals behind the APF were and how this policy has been perceived by the farmers since its implementation, as well as to identify potential enablers and drawbacks to institutionalization of agroecology. To do so, this study is a case study of organic farmers in the Normandy region, in France, looking at farmers’ perspectives and engagements linked to the APF through semi-structured interviews. The findings on this topic are that the perception of the farmers is overall quite negative, thinking that this policy did not achieve its intended goals and that the farmers did not feel sufficient support for this transition. Some enablers were identified to facilitate the institutionalization and the implementation of agroecology, such as more financial aids, group effect, communication to consumers, and organic farming and practices. On the other side, barriers were identified, such as time and staff related constraints, financial constraints, adoption of practices, institutional instability, conflicting views on agroecology and communication of agroecology in a broader sense. Therefore, the conclusions are that agroecology can serve as a good tool for a more sustainable food system and its institutionalization can serve as a good way to enhance it, however, it needs to come with a broader food production paradigm change, aiming at a model less oriented towards productivity and gains, but on community, local production and sharing. (Less)
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- author
- Auvrignon, Justine LU
- supervisor
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- Vera Sadovska LU
- Frans Libertson LU
- organization
- course
- IMEM01 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- agroecology, institutionalization, Agroecological Project for France.
- publication/series
- IIIEE Master Thesis
- report number
- 2024.17
- ISSN
- 1401-9191
- language
- English
- id
- 9171345
- date added to LUP
- 2024-08-09 16:10:03
- date last changed
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abstract = {{Increasing issues related to agriculture are being identified. To counter these issues, some type of methods of agriculture are being introduced and reintroduced, such as agroecology. With its focus on practices, sciences and social movement, agroecology is considered as a promising solution to bring a paradigm change to agriculture as we know today and to provide better quality food, produced in better environment in more fair conditions. Some countries have been institutionalizing agroecology to make it more widespread, this is the case of France, with the Agroecological Project for France (APF). This policy wished to enhance an agroecological transition in the biggest agricultural producer in Europe, bringing together farmers in collective project, or actively reducing the use of pesticides. Therefore, this thesis aims at understanding what the goals behind the APF were and how this policy has been perceived by the farmers since its implementation, as well as to identify potential enablers and drawbacks to institutionalization of agroecology. To do so, this study is a case study of organic farmers in the Normandy region, in France, looking at farmers’ perspectives and engagements linked to the APF through semi-structured interviews. The findings on this topic are that the perception of the farmers is overall quite negative, thinking that this policy did not achieve its intended goals and that the farmers did not feel sufficient support for this transition. Some enablers were identified to facilitate the institutionalization and the implementation of agroecology, such as more financial aids, group effect, communication to consumers, and organic farming and practices. On the other side, barriers were identified, such as time and staff related constraints, financial constraints, adoption of practices, institutional instability, conflicting views on agroecology and communication of agroecology in a broader sense. Therefore, the conclusions are that agroecology can serve as a good tool for a more sustainable food system and its institutionalization can serve as a good way to enhance it, however, it needs to come with a broader food production paradigm change, aiming at a model less oriented towards productivity and gains, but on community, local production and sharing.}},
author = {{Auvrignon, Justine}},
issn = {{1401-9191}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
series = {{IIIEE Master Thesis}},
title = {{The Institutionalization of Agroecology through the Agroecological Project for France}},
year = {{2024}},
}