Contrasting intermediation practices in various advisory service networks in the case of the French Ecophyto plan

Cerf, Marianne; Bail, Le; Lusson, Jean-Marie; Omon, Bertrand

doi:10.1080/1389224x.2017.1320641

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“…It is equal to the rate actually applied divided by the reference rate per hectare and then multiplied by the area treated (Agreste 2017b). 2 The goal of Ecophyto was to reduce pesticide use by 50 per cent within 10 years (Cerf et al 2017;Guichard et al 2017). However, it was determined that the use of such products had in fact increased by 25 per cent over the decade 2008-2018, reaching a total of 85,876 tons of active ingredient in 2018 (Mandard and Foucard 2020).…”

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“…Introduction P ressure to develop alternatives to the use of agricultural pesticides has intensified in France as the negative effects of pesticides have become better understood and as public awareness of these effects has grown (Wolf 1995;Klerkx and Jansen 2010;Nelles and Visetnoi 2016;Vrain and Lovett 2016;Cerf et al 2017). This article uses a case-study of the development of biocontrol materials in wine-grape production in Burgundy to consider how credible alternatives to pesticide use are, at least in part, socially constructed by key actors involved in the crop protection sector.…”

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The social construction of alternatives to pesticide use: A study of biocontrol in Burgundian viticulture

2020

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This article seeks to examine the social construction of ‘biocontrol’ as a credible alternative to conventional pesticide use in viticulture production in Burgundy, France. Basing our analysis on a series of interviews with representatives of the key groups involved in the crop protection sector in France, we describe a dynamic that has emerged with respect to the development and justification of biocontrol products as a crop protection strategy. The key players within this dynamic are the State, the agricultural chemical companies, and the input distributors and crop advisors. The State has introduced positive incentives to encourage companies to develop new biocontrol products and negative incentives to compel agricultural input dealers and crop advisors to promote those products. The agricultural chemical companies are introducing new biocontrol materials based on the notion that these products can eventually replace more dangerous pesticides. The input dealers and crop advisors, finally, are compelled by the State to recommend alternatives to conventional pesticides, but generally believe the new biocontrol products are ineffective and so do little to promote their use. When they do, they typically recommend older products that have been recently reclassified as biocontrol materials.

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The social construction of alternatives to pesticide use: A study of biocontrol in Burgundian viticulture

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“…Advisors preferred methods are related to organisational, state and national policy, and extension paradigms (Davis, Babu, and Ragasa 2020;Birner et al 2009;Paschen et al 2017), as well as advisors' beliefs, values and motives that define their roles in the context of the advisory profession, i.e. their own professional identities (Cerf et al 2017;Nettle, Crawford, and Brightling 2018). For example, commercial advisors funded directly by farmer clients or through clients' purchase of inputs emphasise individual advisory practices, i.e.…”

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“…There is increasing interest in how advisory system governance and advisory organisations are evolving to improve coordination and inclusion in pluralistic advisory systems (e.g. Eastwood, Klerkx, and Nettle 2017;Cerf et al 2017;Klerkx et al 2017;Nettle, Crawford, and Brightling 2018;Paschen et al 2017), including a Special Issue of this journal (Nettle et al 2017). However, how these changes to advisory governance are related to advisor understanding of their own individual roles in the advisory system remains an area of limited study (Nettle et al 2017).…”

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Advisor understanding of their roles in the advisory system: a comparison of governance structures in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, and New Zealand

Turner

Landini

Percy

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The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension

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Purpose: Explore advisor understanding of their roles in advisory systems characterised by differing mixes of public and private funding and delivery. Methodology: A systems perspective of advisory system governance is combined with an individual perspective of advisor roles. Data from a survey of 38 Australian, 19 New Zealand, 606 Argentine and 279 Brazilian respondents were analysed for statistical differences. Findings: In all contexts, advisor priorities reflect state or industry goals. Where there is more private funding and delivery, advisors also prioritise farmer commercial goals. Under public extension funding and delivery, group methods and capacity building are emphasised to reach many farmers and realise public goals. Practical implications: Advisors play a crucial role in reconciling competing national, industry and farmer goals at the farm-level. This emphasises participatory methods and intermediary positions in the advisory system to facilitate dialogue and support farmers to realise competing goals. A policy implication is public and industry funding is needed for advisors to engage with public and industry organisations to understand and contribute to policies and objectives they will be advising on. Theoretical implications: Combining a systems perspective of country-level advisory system governance with an individual perspective of advisor roles highlights that advisor understanding of their roles are related to the public governance context in which they operate. Originality/value: The advisor understanding of their roles in the advisory system is related to different governance of pluralistic advisory systems. This contributes to articulating advisory policies and practices to support coordination and inclusion in pluralistic advisory systems.

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“…As such, there have been calls for differentiated support for rural enterprises where needs are not being met by existing programmes at national or regional levels (Smallbone et al, 2003;Martin et al, 2013) and particularly in relation to the need for local and specific support for farm businesses (McElwee, 2010). Moreover, recent studies indicate a degree of competition rather than collaboration and coordination between business support agencies in agricultural systems (Cerf et al, 2017;Faure et al, 2017;Rijswijk and Brazendale, 2017). These developments raise important questions about the nature of trust in rural support networks, and how it is formed and indeed lost in advisor/institution and client interactions.…”

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Trust formation in agri-food institutional support networks

McKitterick¹,

Quinn

Tregear

2019

Journal of Rural Studies

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The important role of institutional support actors in building the networking capacities of rural economic actors and communities has been noted. Over the last two decades, rural and agri-food network models of institutional support have undergone substantive change. Trust is a vital feature of such programmes, however the nature of trust, and how it is manifest, in rural support programmes is underexplored. A longitudinal qualitative methodology is adopted, involving semi-structured interviews and group discussions with artisanal food producers and institutional actors in four cases of business support. Drawing upon cases demonstrating varying levels of trust, the paper examines how trust is formed, and lost, across forms of institutional support programmes and the underlying factors that moderate trust formation. The analysis provides insights into the conflicting narratives around trust formation from advisor-client perspectives. The paper contributes to theory development by offering a conceptualisation of trust building approaches in advisor-client relationships in rural support programmes.

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Contrasting intermediation practices in various advisory service networks in the case of the French Ecophyto plan

Cited by 23 publications

References 17 publications

The social construction of alternatives to pesticide use: A study of biocontrol in Burgundian viticulture

The social construction of alternatives to pesticide use: A study of biocontrol in Burgundian viticulture

Advisor understanding of their roles in the advisory system: a comparison of governance structures in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, and New Zealand

Trust formation in agri-food institutional support networks

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