<Working Paper>Transformation of French Family Farming: from Diversity Study to Coexistence Analysis of Agricultural Models

Abstract

Following to the presentation about the transformation of French family farming, this article aim at studying the concept of agricultural model and how it leads to discuss the stakes of coexistence and confrontation of different forms of agriculture. In the first part of my presentation, I shall expose the main features of French agriculture and its contemporary transformation. In the second part, I shall briefly compare some of the well-known analytical frameworks of forms of agriculture. In the third part, the concept of agricultural development model is introduced. And finally, I will explain why it could be relevant to consider the coexistence and confrontation of agricultural models.