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Rural Seuca August 2010. Seminar « Small farms ». A collaboration between research and civil society France, 22nd-23rd of January, 2009. Who and why ?. The goal. Knowing and recognising small farms. The partnership. National research institute for agriculture. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Edition : Catherine Darrot Presentation : Marie-Luce Ghib
Rural Seuca 2010
Seminar « Small farms »
A collaboration between research and civil society
France, 22nd-23rd of January, 2009
Rural Seuca August 2010
Edition : Catherine Darrot Presentation : Marie-Luce Ghib
Rural Seuca 2010
Who and why ?
The goal
Knowing and recognising small farms
The partnership
National research institute for agriculture
Confédération paysanne :
A French syndicate involved in the promotion of peasant-like farming systems
Aim of the seminar
The operating modes and the diversity of the small-scale farms remain badly-known.
Some researchers however work on these subjects, while some peasants do experiment and analyse daily those systems.
The aim of this seminar was to develop more common and in-deep analysis.
Edition : Catherine Darrot Presentation : Marie-Luce Ghib
Rural Seuca 2010
Why initiating such a partnership ?
Re-mobilising the scientific community around the problematic of small farms
Initiating and encouraging innovative researches and debate
Allow the syndicate of peasant-like farmers “Confédération paysanne” to situate and know the researchers actually working on those subjects
Defining common problematics between farmers and researchers
For researchers
Edition : Catherine Darrot Presentation : Marie-Luce Ghib
Rural Seuca 2010
Why initiating such a partnership ?
Re-mobilising the scientific community around the problematic of small farms
Initiating and encouraging innovative researches and debate
Allow the syndicate of peasant-like farmers “Confédération paysanne” to situate and know the researchers actually working on those subjects
Defining common problematics between farmers and researchers
For farmers
Edition : Catherine Darrot Presentation : Marie-Luce Ghib
Rural Seuca 2010
Some of the trends raised
The small farmers are facing some difficulties :
• Competition for access to land
• Weak representation within the professional sphere
• Uncertainties related to their social security system (“cotisant solidaire” = uncertain statute)
• Sanitary rules not adapted to smaller farms ; higher spendings to reach the norms regarding to the small scale of the farms
• Farming systems presented as non viable by official institutions
The “small farms” however contribute to dynamism of rural territories.
Research questions raised
Are those small farms contributing to change the relationship between society and agriculture ?
How do they renew the combination of activities ? How do they reveal some new aspects of diversification ?
How are they specifically raising some more general issues as vulnerability, fragility, resilience and flexibility ?
… How many are they ? Which reliable statistical data ?
Edition : Catherine Darrot Presentation : Marie-Luce Ghib
Rural Seuca 2010
Thank you for your attention !