Ecological transition in French agriculture: the role of thinking, dense and diversified networks

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https://doi.org/10.5902/2236499474278

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Conservation agriculture, Sustainable agriculture, Organic farming

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the voluntaristic initiatives implemented by French farmers’ collectives aiming at the environmental, economic, and social sustainability of their agricultural production systems in the context of facing the socioeconomic and environmental implications of the modernization process implemented in the technical base of agriculture. This study was conducted through the collection and analysis of data and information from secondary sources, participation in events organized by three farmer networks, and application of forms with qualitative and quantitative questions with the members of these networks. From a geographical analysis perspective, it appears that the collective dynamics engendered by the networks studied contributed to the process of reappropriation of space by farmers and their organizations, the strengthening of the social, economic, and political dynamism of the territories, and the institution of spaces of contiguity, solidarity, reciprocity, horizontality, autonomy, and hope regarding the countryside.

 

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Raphael Fernando Diniz, Universidade Federal do Amazonas

Geographer. Professor (Adjunct Professor A - Level 1) at the Department of Geography and the Postgraduate Program in Geography (PPGEOG) at the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM), Manaus-AM. Post-Doctorate in Geography by the Post-Graduate Program in Geography at the Federal University of Jataí-GO - 2018-2020 - (DOCFIX-CAPES-FAPEG), under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Evandro Cesar Clemente. PhD from the Postgraduate Program in Geography at the Faculty of Science and Technology of the Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho - FCT-UNESP - Campus de Presidente Prudente/SP.

 

Antonio Nivaldo Hespanhol, Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)

He holds a degree, master's and doctorate in Geography from the Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho. He did a post-doctoral internship at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, in Paris, between September 2004 and July 2005. He is currently Director-President of the VUNESP Foundation and Professor of Undergraduate and Postgraduate Geography at the Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Campus de Presidente Prudente - SP. He has experience in Geography, with an emphasis on Agrarian Geography, working mainly on the following subjects: development, agriculture, small producers, public policies and the agro-industrial complex.

François Laurent, Le Mans Université

Professor of geography, he holds a degree in geology from the University of Lyon 1 (1990), a master's degree in geography from the University of Saint-Etienne (1992) and a doctorate in quantitative hydrology and hydrogeology from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris (1996) and HDR, Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (2012). He is currently Professor of Geography (Professeur des Universités) at Le Mans University (formerly University of Maine), France, and Director of the ESO Le Mans laboratory.

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Diniz, R. F., Hespanhol, A. N., & Laurent, F. (2024). Ecological transition in French agriculture: the role of thinking, dense and diversified networks. Geografia Ensino & Pesquisa, 28, e74278. https://doi.org/10.5902/2236499474278

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