The framings of the coexistence of agrifood models: a computational analysis of French media

Guillaume Ollivier (), Pierre Gasselin () and Véronique Batifol ()
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Guillaume Ollivier: INRAE
Pierre Gasselin: University of Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro
Véronique Batifol: INRAE

Agriculture and Human Values, 2024, vol. 41, issue 3, No 13, 1103-1127

Abstract: Abstract The confrontations of stakeholder visions about agriculture and food production has become a focal point in the public sphere, coinciding with a diversification of agrifood models. This study analyzes the debates stemming from the coexistence of these models, particularly during the initial term of neoliberal-centrist Emmanuel Macron’s presidency in France. Employing collective monitoring from 2017 to 2021, a corpus of 958 online news and blog articles was compiled. Using a computational analysis, we reveal the framings and controversies emerging from this media discourse. The macro-structuring of discourse on model coexistence revolves around scientific, economic and political framings. Coexistence is a complex of debates based on specific frames associated with specific arenas and actor configurations: growth of organic agriculture, transformations of agrifood systems, sciences of production and impacts, livestock and meat diet controversies, agroecological innovations, CAP reform criticism, discourse of peasant agriculture and State-Profession co-gestion. Employing global sentiment analysis and focusing on salient controversies, namely EGAlim law, pesticide regulations, and agribashing, we show the shift from conciliation to a hardening of debates. Finally, we discuss the causes and consequences of this trend. The political will to support the transition of agriculture remains influenced by the co-gestion system, an inherited configuration of decision-makers instrumental in the agricultural modernization. As a consequence, significant agricultural challenges, particularly highlighted in the scientific macro-frame, persist unresolved. This lock-in of the agrifood system is based on defensive strategies that challenge the democratic debate about food and agricultural practices.

Keywords: Coexistence of agrifood models; France; Computational text analysis; Media frame analysis; Controversies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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