Technical and institutional innovation in agriculture: a local mediation to support public decision, the case of Eucalyptus in the Midi-Pyrénées region

Innovation technique et institutionnelle en agriculture: l'apport d'une démarche de médiation territoriale pour éclairer une politique publique: le cas de l'eucalyptus en Midi-Pyrénées

Aude Ridier, Laurent Lelli and Charilaos Kephaliacos
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Laurent Lelli: DRAAF Midi-Pyrénées - Direction Régionale de l'Alimentation, de l'Agriculture et de la Forêt de Midi-Pyrénées
Charilaos Kephaliacos: ENFA - Ecole Nationale de Formation Agronomique de Toulouse

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Abstract: In this article, the introduction of Short Rotation Coppices of Eucalyptus into specialized cash crop farming systems is analyzed at both individual and local scale. The area studied is located in Toulouse urban area, which raises the problem of competition between farming, forest and urban activities. A methodological framework is built up with two disciplinary approaches. In a first step, we assess the financial incentives and the possible transaction costs linked to the contracts offered by retailers to farmers, in order to encourage them to plant trees. In a second step, we propose to enlarge the analysis scale beyond the supply chain and to explore, with a mediation tool, the possible institutional arrangements, at local scale, that could diminish transaction costs and increase the acceptability of the plantation.

Keywords: Short Rotation Coppice; Contracts; Territorial planning; Taillis à Courte Rotation; Innovation; Contrats; Coordinations; Développement territorial; Médiation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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Published in Géographie, Économie, Société, 2011, 13 (4), pp.413-432. ⟨10.3166/ges.13.413-432⟩

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DOI: 10.3166/ges.13.413-432

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