Agricultural co-operatives, the main actors of French agriculture, have undergone some drastic transformations since the 1990?s with the development of « private » subsidiaries and partnerships. These raw changes show that co-operatives need to increase production by investing in the...

An evolutionary framework is used here to study the issue of pesticide reduction in vineyards. After analyzing grape growers’ pesticide lock-in we show that, although Integrated Pest Management (IPM) could reduce pesticide use significantly, the lack of specific implementation know-how hampers...

This paper aims to characterize the determinants of the quality signaling choice by small cooperatives, when they adopt a public label and / or a private brand. Our econometric results confirm the expected effects of the organizational structure and membership. We also show original results...

Agricultural cooperatives represent nearly 75% of all farmers in France. They have become major actors in the development of rural spaces. Over the past 30 years, French cooperatives have steadily modified their organizational structures in response to changes in the economic environment,...

The search to reduce agricultural production pollution depends on agricultural land location. Reflections on suburban areas managing (short circuits, land location to urban centers ...) experiencing a revival over the past ten years. But these suburban areas are subject to numerous land use...

Agricultural cooperatives represent nearly 75% of all farmers in France. They have become major actors in the development of rural spaces. Over the past 30 years, French cooperatives have steadily modified their organizational structures in response to changes in the economic environment,...