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Seminar « Small farms »

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.

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Seminar « Small farms »

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  1. Rural Seuca August 2010 Seminar « Small farms » A collaboration between research and civil society France, 22nd-23rd of January, 2009

  2. 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

  3. 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.

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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.

  7. 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 ?

  8. Thank you for your attention !

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