Taking into account work in practice changes to agroecology

Taking into account work in practice changes to agroecology

PhD thesis Elisa Delecourt - UMR SADAPT - Grignon, 2018

Abstract

In order to reduce agricultural pollution, farmers are invited to change their practices. But these new practices can generate changes in organization and working time, which farmers assert to explain their difficulty to change. Our goal is to study these changes in the work and to design tools facilitating agroecological transitions of farmers.

We have surveyed agricultural advisers and farmers to analyze the consulting service offer, and the nature of the work information that farmers need in order to implement new practices. Noting the inadequacy of the existing tools, we organized two tool design workshops with their future users. We have identified and described 28 tools that could be designed. Four prototypes were developed: a technical sheet informing about work changes, a quiz and a serious game to identify work changes for a farm, and a test logbook to record key information to establish an assessment of work competition management and organizational choices.

Defended on 9 april 2018

Under direction of

Jean-Marc Meynard (INRAE, SADAPT) and Alexandre Joannon (INRAE, BAGAP)

Jury

  • Philippe MARTIN, AgroParisTech INRA (UMR SADAPT)
  • Mireille NAVARRETE, INRA (UR Ecodéveloppement)
  • Benoît DEDIEU, INRA (département SAD)
  • Marianne CERF, INRA (UMR LISIS)
  • Laurent BEDOUSSAC, ENSFEA INRA (UMR AGIR)
  • Alexandre JOANNON, INRA (UMR BAGAP) 
  • Jean-Marc MEYNARD, INRA (UMR SADAPT)
  • Yvan HURVOIS, Agence de l'eau Loire Bretagne

See also

Thesis manuscript: https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-02051457

IDEAS seminar: 19 september 2017

Delecourt E., Joannon A., Meynard JM., 2019. Work-related information needed by farmers for changing to sustainable cropping practices. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 39:28, 10.1007/s13593-019-0571-5

Modification date : 05 July 2023 | Publication date : 29 October 2021 | Redactor : TL