Semences et transition agroécologique : initiatives paysannes et sélection participative comme innovations de rupture

Demeulenaere, Élise; Goldringer, Isabelle

doi:10.1051/nss/2017045

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“…Instead of a focus limited to the interaction between genotype and environment, crop genetic diversity is assessed in interaction with the bio-physical environment and with different actors' practices (Desclaux et al, 2008). Consistent with this vision of crop diversity, this study draws inspiration from works on the social dimensions surrounding seeds, investigating the motivations that sustain farmer networks (Demeulenaere & Bonneuil, 2011;Demeulenaere & Goldringer, 2017;Porcuna-Ferrer et al, 2020). The objective of this study is to understand the adoption of maize landraces, and to uncover the connections between practices, values, and imaginaries which support and shape different collective dynamics around maize landraces.…”

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Growing maize landraces in industrialized countries: from the search for seeds to the emergence of new practices and values

Fenzi

Couix

2021

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

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In industrialized countries, maize cultivation is mainly associated with the use of hybrid varieties and input-intensive monocultures. Despite the homogeneity of European maize landscapes, alternative models of maize production based on landraces exist. Understanding the structures and values underlying these models is essential to enable the design of new strategies linking crop diversity, plant breeding, and food systems. This paper analyses the introduction of maize landraces by a farmers' association in Aquitaine (France) and two farmers' associations in Veneto (Italy), identifying what shapes and sustains different forms of landrace management. The Aquitaine group manages a broad panel of maize landraces collected from different regions of the world in a multi-site farm network. They have also developed new open-pollinated varieties, mostly for animal feed. In contrast, each of the Veneto groups has adopted only one maize landrace, within a cooperative system linking local maize and food practices. In both cases, the adoption and management of landraces are shaped by different productive priorities, but also by larger projects wherein new practices and values are created simultaneously. This is an ongoing process of developing new landraces as well as alternative forms of conservation, breeding and socialization among farmers.

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Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

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Growing maize landraces in industrialized countries: from the search for seeds to the emergence of new practices and values

Fenzi

Couix

2021

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

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“…Agro-ecological groups and communities of practice champion locally appropriate technologies and participatory methods in research and extension (Isgren and Ness 2017). Demeulenaere and Goldringer (2017) consider agro-ecological transition, especially practices related to selection and exchange of seeds, as radical and breakthrough innovations. Agro-ecological groups and movements are driven and fashioned by innovators who collaborate via mutual engagement, joint enterprise and shared repertoire (Cross and Ampt 2017).…”

Section: Sustainability Of Agro-ecological Transition As a System Innmentioning

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Innovation-Sustainability Nexus in Agriculture Transition: Case of Agroecology

Bilali

2019

Open Agriculture

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Different governments and international organizations have shown interest in agroecology as a promising pathway for transition to sustainable agriculture. However, the kinds of innovation needed for agro-ecological transition are subject to intense debate. The scale of this debate is itself an indicator of the complicated relation between innovation and sustainability in the agro-food arena and beyond. This review paper analyses the potential of agro-ecology in agricultural sustainability transitions. It also explores whether agro-ecological transition is a sustainable innovation (cf. ecological, green, open, social, responsible). Furthermore, the paper investigates the potential contribution of agro-ecological transition to sustainability, using the 3-D (Direction, Distribution and Diversity) model of the STEPS centre. Agroecology is one of the few approaches that can harmoniously combine innovation and sustainability in agriculture while promoting genuine transition to agro-food sustainability since it embraces all dimensions of sustainability (environmental, economic, social/cultural/ethical). Nevertheless, it can be taken for granted neither that all traditional practices can be classified as ‘agro-ecological’ nor that all farmer-led innovations can be included in the agro-ecological repertoire. Moreover, the relationship between the three aspirations of agroecology (science, movement and practice) needs further elaboration in order to maximise potential for agriculture transition.

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“…After the Green Revolution, the argument for "non-conformity" would supposedly distance us from processes of valuing creole races or of rediscovering neglected plants (Demeulenaere & Goldringer 2017;Demeulenaere 2014). But, as we can see in studies of participative selection (Brac de la Perrière 2014; Bonneuil & Demeulenaere 2007), or in agroforestry projects (Lafon 2016), for example, there is a constant attention to the connections between humans and plants or animals, through ways of acting and techniques of management.…”

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“It’s no longer the same job”: robotization among breeders and dairy cows

Deturche

2019

Vibrant, Virtual Braz. Anthr.

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In agriculture, mechanization and robotization are two terms that are generally associated with processes characteristic of a “Green Revolution”: industrialization, cost reduction and “rationalization”, increased output and modernization. In this article, I reflect on the relations implied in this evolutionary-style narrative through an ethnography of cattle breeders and dairy cows in Haute-Savoie, France. I will show that the technical transformation engendered by the implementation of a milking robot is, first and foremost, a reconfiguration of the relationships between humans and cows. I will analyse the effects of the milking robot for both humans and cows through the notion of ‘technical objects’ and their associated environment, which configure a transformation in the technical system linked to the process of domestication. I show that modifications in the rhythm, gestures and interactions with the animals also redefine how cows are made to produce milk, and that, furthermore, this does not necessarily constitute a virtualization, an objectification or distancing in relation to the animals. In brief, it lacks many of the defining features of ‘industrialization’.

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Semences et transition agroécologique : initiatives paysannes et sélection participative comme innovations de rupture

Cited by 15 publications

References 9 publications

Growing maize landraces in industrialized countries: from the search for seeds to the emergence of new practices and values

Growing maize landraces in industrialized countries: from the search for seeds to the emergence of new practices and values

Innovation-Sustainability Nexus in Agriculture Transition: Case of Agroecology

“It’s no longer the same job”: robotization among breeders and dairy cows

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