[eng] A mostly critical appraisal of the state of the field. A diversified French school has developed over the past 35 years while there was almost nothing before that period. However much of the published work lacks professionnalism. There have been efforts to build stronger theoretical...

[eng] Introductary paper for a conference on transfers to and from agriculture. Four concepts must be distinguished : the agricultural branch, farmer's households, rural areas, the agri-business complex. Many of the traditional arguments used in defense of agricultural support have lost their...