Formal and informal networks at the heart of the pesticide reduction process

Magali Aubert (), Laurent Parrot (), Eric Roux, Lucile Vantard, Paula Fernandes and Geoffroy Enjolras
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Magali Aubert: UMR MOISA - Marchés, Organisations, Institutions et Stratégies d'Acteurs - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - Montpellier SupAgro - Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques - CIHEAM-IAMM - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier - CIHEAM - Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier
Laurent Parrot: UPR HORTSYS - Fonctionnement agroécologique et performances des systèmes de cultures horticoles - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement
Eric Roux: DAAF Martinique - Direction de l'Alimentation, de l'Agriculture et de la Fôret de Martinique
Lucile Vantard: DAAF Martinique - Direction de l'Alimentation, de l'Agriculture et de la Fôret de Martinique
Paula Fernandes: UPR HORTSYS - Fonctionnement agroécologique et performances des systèmes de cultures horticoles - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement

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Abstract: Martinique has to meet both national and European environmental requirements, in particular in terms of pesticide reduction. In order to understand the main drivers of such agrological transition, our study considers not only the individual farmers' characteristics and the structural ones of their farm but also the role of both formal and informal networks. Based on a representative database of Martinican farms, our study underlines two main results. The first one is that only individual characteristics of farmers influence their productive practices, while the structural characteristics of their farm have no impact. For farmers-owners, farm has a value in terms of transmission translating into a will to protect soil quality and hence to reduce the use of pesticide. The second result is the key role of networks for the implementation of more environmental-friendly practices. In Martinique, the main drivers are informal networks as Martinican farmers concretely observe at the neighborhood level both positive and negative impacts of the implementation of alternative practices.

Date: 2019-10-19
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Published in Caribbean Science and Innovation Meeting 2019, Oct 2019, Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe), France

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