When formal and informal networks promote agroecology: a case study of Martinique Island

Magali Aubert (), Laurent Parrot (), Paula Fernandès Ce (), Eric Roux (), Jean-Pierre Devin (), Geoffroy Enjolras and Isabelle Jean-Baptiste ()
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Magali Aubert: UMR MoISA - Montpellier Interdisciplinary center on Sustainable Agri-food systems (Social and nutritional sciences) - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - CIHEAM-IAMM - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier - CIHEAM - Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro Montpellier - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Laurent Parrot: UPR HORTSYS - Fonctionnement agroécologique et performances des systèmes de cultures horticoles - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, Cirad-PERSYST - Département Performances des systèmes de production et de transformation tropicaux - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement
Paula Fernandès Ce: UPR HORTSYS - Fonctionnement agroécologique et performances des systèmes de cultures horticoles - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement
Eric Roux: Ministère de l'agriculture, de l'agroalimentaire et de la forêt
Jean-Pierre Devin: DRAAF Bretagne - Direction Régionale de l'Alimentation, de l'Agriculture et de la Forêt de Bretagne
Isabelle Jean-Baptiste: Chambre d'Agriculture de la Martinique

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Abstract: Martinique, a French island and overseas department, faces many environmental challenges including a humid tropical climate prone to the development of pests, the decline of its agricultural sector and a deterioration of its environment. Despite these constraints, Martinique has to meet both national and European environmental requirements. In order to understand the main drivers of agroecological transition on the island, our study considers the role of both formal and informal networks in addition to individual and structural characteristics of farms. Based on a representative database of Martinican farms, our study highlights two main results. First, the individual characteristics of farmers influence their productive practices, while the structural characteristics of their farms have no impact. For farmer-owners, a farm has a value in terms of transmission translating into a desire to protect soil quality and hence to implement agroecological principles. Second, networks play an important role in the implementation of more environmentally-friendly practices. In Martinique, the main drivers are informal networks as Martinican farmers observe at the neighbourhood level both positive and negative impacts of the implementation of alternative practices.

Keywords: Agroecological transition; Formal and informal networks; Martinique (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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Published in International Journal of Agricultural Resources Governance and Ecology, 2022, 18 (3), pp.258-276. ⟨10.1504/ijarge.2022.10049340⟩

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DOI: 10.1504/ijarge.2022.10049340

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