This article presents results of an ongoing research project on production and allocation of biomass of agricultural origin (BAO), a key resource in ecological and energy transitions. The production and allocation of BAO are changing under the current development of the bioeconomy, which is the narrative promoted for intensifying the use of BAO, that we question through the lens of the scientific paradigm of bioeconomics. We developed a metabolic approach to agriculture, that we applied to the case study of northern Aube (France), an area specialized in intensive crop farming, undergoing rapid development of agricultural biogas production. Our results indicate that the ongoing changes influence BAO production and allocation at several scales (farm, small collective of farms, value chain, territorial).Development of the bioeconomy strongly influences the socioeconomic metabolism of the territory's agriculture. Diversion of BAO flows due to biogas production are increasing structural imbalances and have some negative impacts on flows and ecological or economic funds strategic for sustainability, agronomic and economic balances of agricultural activities at multiple scales and as a whole. The changes described are especially disruptive since they strengthen competition and have blocking effects for the existing and potential agricultural metabolism.
L’objectif de cet article est de fournir des éléments de réflexion sur la place de l’espace et la dimension territoriale dans les processus d’économie circulaire ainsi que d’interroger leur contribution au développement durable des territoires. Nous commençons par examiner les racines territoriales des grandes stratégies d’économie circulaire définies par les pouvoirs publics français en faisant une place particulière à l’écologie industrielle et territoriale, qui manifeste un intérêt plus fort pour les dimensions spatiales des processus circulaires. Dans une seconde partie, nous interrogeons la capacité réelle de l’économie circulaire à contribuer au développement durable de la société dans son ensemble et à sa mise en action au niveau local : après avoir proposé une définition du développement territorial durable, nous procédons à un examen des différentes stratégies en cours fondées sur les principes ainsi définis.
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