This article discusses a study of the perceptions of ecosystem services in pond fish farming in the Lorraine region, one of the principal pond fish farming regions in France. In total, 668 people were surveyed from four types of population: fish farmers, economic and institutional stakeholders,...

Multi-actor and multi-level governance mechanisms are of increasing importance. This paper discusses the nature of such mechanisms and the conditions for their evaluation. Drawing on recent research, the paper reviews governance evaluation methods and concludes that they are insufficient to...

The compact city has become a leading concept in the planning of peri-urban areas. The compact city concept is often advocated as “sustainable” because of claims that include lower emissions and conservation of the countryside. The literature shows, however, that there are certain trade-offs...

African farmers have always been exposed to climatic and economic variability and have developed a range of coping strategies. Such strategies form part of flexible farm management, an ability that may prove very valuable in the face of future climate change and market dynamics. The generally...

This editorial introduces the special issue which aims to clarify, from a theoretical as well as applied point of view, and above all based on a multi-discipline approach (economics, geography, management science, political science, information sciences, psychology and geomatics), the...

Public policies for rural development materialize themselves through incentive instruments, special regulations, or through the assistance to private initiatives. These generally respond to the establishment of a national support strategy to an agricultural industry. In the case of quinoa grown...

[eng] Agricultural management research has long been ruled by an approach that is both quantitative and exterior to the farm. Methods and tools, based on production theories, were conducive to the elaboration of production forecasts yielding maximum profit. The research presented hereafter is...

[eng] Economie of the relations between actors of an agrarian system subject to new imperatives (water quality, nitrates, pesticides). [fre] L'activité agricole est considérée comme une des principales sources de pollution de l'eau à l'heure actuelle. Comment peut-on considérer une...