L'évolution du débat sur les SYAL : le regard d'un économiste

This paper sets up a balance of the economic approach of the concept of Localized Agri-food System, since its emergence ten years ago. It assesses its relationship with the more general Local Productive System approach : is it a mere variety of LPS by sector or does it entail a specific relationship to place ? The paper reckons that, despite proximity between the two notions, LAS analysis features a specific relationship to place, through qualification processes of food products and its link to sustainable development.