Papers by Yuna Chiffoleau
Les circuits courts, une réponse face aux crises ?
Sciences Humaines
In the literature and in current public discourse, innovation is usually taken to mean technologi... more In the literature and in current public discourse, innovation is usually taken to mean technological innovation, which is carried out through the figure of the entrepreneur. This editorial introduction first goes back to the emergence of the notion of social innovation, dedicated to including other processes, actors and purposes. It reminds us that the notion has been shaped by the crises that faced societies from the 1970s and presents the two fields of research that have anchored the notion in different theoretical positions. We highlight how the food and agricultural sector illustrates the three current meanings of social innovation, despite the fact that the general literature on social innovation usually focuses only on a few types of initiatives. We explain how the papers of this special issue demonstrate that agriculture and food represent an exemplary empirical terrain to push forward thinking in the field, such as the need for a better understanding of 'social innovatio...
Chapitre 1. Les circuits courts de commercialisation en agriculture : diversité et enjeux pour le développement durable
Références, 2008
Evidence from a Cluster of Wine Cooperatives (Languedoc, South of France)*
This paper combines economics and economic sociology to assess the role of local inter-firm netwo... more This paper combines economics and economic sociology to assess the role of local inter-firm networks in innovation dynamics and economic performance in a cluster of cooperatives. Focusing on the exchanges of advice between managers, our study is based on 31 cooperatives in southern France. Using both sociometric and economic data, we find correlations between cooperatives' relational, innovation and economic scores. The cooperatives' specificity, however, questions the results obtained in different settings. The network analysis may thus ground a comprehensive interactionist approach to cooperatives, but may also offer tools to renew their governance strategies.
Malgre l'importance accordee aux circuits courts de commercialisation dans le domaine de l... more Malgre l'importance accordee aux circuits courts de commercialisation dans le domaine de l'alimentation depuis une decennie en France, l'offre des exploitations et leurs performances demeurent meconnues. Ce rapport presente d'abord les questions methodologiques posees par l'approche des performances des exploitations en circuits courts en se focalisant sur la dimension economique des performances, mais aborde aussi quelques aspects de leurs dimensions sociales et environnementales. Puis il expose ensuite une synthese des resultats d'investigations aupres d'exploitations commercialisant en circuits courts deux groupes de produits - les legumes et les produits laitiers a base de lait de vache – realisee dans trois regions. Il examine les facteurs en jeu dans les performances des exploitations en circuits courts, ceux qui tiennent a la diversite des systemes d'exploitation (place et dimension de l'activite en circuits courts ; types de produits, tech...
2. Questionner les impacts des circuits courts dans l’urgence d’une transition
Short Food Supply, Relational Dynamics, and the Fight against Exclusion in Agriculture
Short food supply chains are currently topical and are sometimes idealized while their capacity t... more Short food supply chains are currently topical and are sometimes idealized while their capacity to reduce inequalities remains little studied. Based on the contribution of economic sociology, this paper shows to what extent and how these supply chains functioning as markets promoting social links may integrate marginalized social positions identified through preliminary bibliographical and survey work. Based on a longitudinal analysis of social networks and life narratives, the research reveals three types of relational dynamics favoring the integration of excluded people. This leads to an examination questioning short food supply chains as tools for sustainable social development. (JEL: Z)
Essor et renouveau des circuits courts alimentaires à Montpellier : vers un marché de la proximité
Cette communication propose d'interpreter l'essor des circuits courts alimentaires comme ... more Cette communication propose d'interpreter l'essor des circuits courts alimentaires comme l'emergence d'un marche autours de la proximite, c'est-a-dire concernant des produit dont la la valeur est etroitementliee (i) au caractere local du produit, (ii) a la nature de la transaction en elle-meme du fait de la reductiondu nombre d'intermediaires. En s'inspirant des travaux d'Harrison White et de l'economie des conventions sur la construction des marches, il s'agit d'analyser la facon dont se structure ce(s) marche(s) pour mieux comprendre les dynamiques a l'oeuvre autour des circuits courts. A partir d'une analyse de reseau eclairant la structure des circuits courts approvisionnant Montpellier en fruits et legumes, nous decrivons le marche de la proximite. Nous montrons que ce marche est structure en niches mais qu'il n'est pas stabilise du fait de l'essor de nouveaux circuits courts et du repositionnement des producteurs....
Much more than a fashionable notion or buzzword, innovation has become a key issue for companies,... more Much more than a fashionable notion or buzzword, innovation has become a key issue for companies, policies and, more generally, society. In the Global North as in the Global South, innovating, i.e. introducing a novelty in an economic and social environment, appears more than ever as a factor of competitiveness for enterprises, leading to cost reductions, improved productivity or product quality, or the creation of new markets in a context of globalized competition (Porter and Heppelmann, 2014). In an extension of Schumpeter's (1934) work, innovation is more widely reaffirmed as a source of macroeconomic growth, at the heart now of a 'knowledge economy', deriving value from creativity, learning and communication (Foray, 2004; Stiglitz and Greenwald, 2014). It is also put forward as a solution to the problems generated by economic development itself, especially in the ecological, energy and food fields, leading to what Callon et al. (2015) call a regime of the economy of techno-scientific promises. Finally, across frontiers opened up by new technologies, in the digital and biotechnology fields for example, innovation is envisaged as the possible catalyst of a more radical social transformation, moving the world towards increased knowledge sharing (Rifkin, 2011), transhumanism (Ferry, 2016) and a break with the current forms of capitalism (Latouche, 2006). Of course, critical points of view question this craze for innovation (Godin and Vinck, 2017; Petit, 2015). Both creative and destructive, innovation can lead to social exclusion, destroy jobs and businesses, result in monopolies and misappropriations, and generate new technical and societal risks that need to be understood and addressed (Joly et al., 2015; Temple et al., 2018). But these critics often end up relying on the notion of innovation itself to suggest, or sometimes rehabilitate, alternative paths or avenues of resistance, for example through innovations qualified as 'social' or 'frugal'. Whether in the scientific, political, industrial arenas, or more broadly those of entrepreneurship and the media, innovation appears as a notion that is open to analysis, encouragement and criticism regarding societal changes. But it is also capable of underpinning the transformations of our contemporary societies. This primacy of innovation seems to have won over every corner of society, attracting attention, debate and engagement in all its economic sectors. It is in this context that this book presents contemporary perspectives on innovation in one of these sectors: agriculture and food. Several books and collection of studies have helped shed light on the issue of innovation in agriculture from different disciplinary and geographical perspectives (
Journal of Rural Studies, 2019
While a number of works question the alterity of alternative food chains, little has been said ab... more While a number of works question the alterity of alternative food chains, little has been said about the social processes under which new economic models are, or may be, developed within the broader movement around 'short food supply chains' (SFCs) in Europe. Considering SFCs as economic organisations, we propose an analytical framework based on New Economic Sociology and Convention Theory, enriched by Social and Solidarity Economics, to capture the social construction of new economic models in such chains. We apply this framework to two case studies: an open-air market promoting short food supply chains in France, and a partnership between an agricultural cooperative and several solidarity purchase groups (GAS) in Italy. Analysing the trajectories of the two initiatives, we highlight the processes through which new economic models are jointly built via interactions between different actors. Our results open two lines of discussion: one concerning the 'new economic models' that emerge from the two cases, a second regarding the actors' participation in elaborating and enacting these new models.
Reseaux et pratiques de l'innovation en milieu cooperatif
Http Www Theses Fr, 2001
La reconversion de l'agriculture vers des productions de qualite se generalise aujourd'hu... more La reconversion de l'agriculture vers des productions de qualite se generalise aujourd'hui en France a travers la mise en œuvre de changements techniques et organisationnels radicaux et complexes au sein de regroupements localises d'exploitations. Les cooperatives viticoles languedociennes constituent des systemes d'action organisee exemplaires pour approfondir le role des reseaux sociaux dans cette transition. Une premiere phase d'analyse, au niveau d'une cooperative representative, montre les limites d'une approche supposant une structure-type de reseau > pour le developpement d'un projet d'innovation collectif. Une deuxieme phase d'etude, mobilisant les concepts de l'interactionnisme structural dans le cadre d'une recherche-action en immersion, permet d'apprehender les dynamiques sociales > pour le developpement d'un projet collectif et sur cette base, de proposer des pistes pratiques pour son accompagnement. A partir de la production de donnees qualitatives et quantitatives sur l'evolution des relations et des pratiques professionnelles des producteurs, nous proposons d'associer la capacite d'un groupe a developper un projet d'innovation donne a la dynamique d'interactions entre les differentes > au sein de ce groupe. Ces positions se reperent en tant qu'ensembles specifiques de pratiques techniques et sociales en rapport avec les objets de l'innovation. Ce modele d'interpretation, associe aux observations de terrain, permet de proposer une forme moderne de cooperative, basee sur la valorisation des differentes (positions >> pour encourager la participation des membres a la trajectoire d'innovation de leur organisation.
Sustainability, 2016
What is a "local" food chain as opposed to a "global" chain? Are local food chains more sustainab... more What is a "local" food chain as opposed to a "global" chain? Are local food chains more sustainable than global chains? In the context of market globalization and the proliferation of local alternatives, these questions have taken on a new aspect, which has been addressed by the GLAMUR (Global and Local food chain Assessment: a Multidimensional performance-based approach) project. Using an analysis of three archetypal wine chains in the south of France, and considering food chains as embedded social constructions, we will first attempt to objectivize which aspects of wine are local, and which are global, using a multidimensional analytical approach. As local vs. global characteristics seem to be strategic assets or constraints, and not structural components, we will then outline an evaluative approach to wine chain sustainability by valuing qualitative indicators to be scored and benchmarked by experts. We will discuss our findings from a scientific and operational perspective by highlighting how a local vs. global approach produces new sustainability issues and practical solutions. Nevertheless, as concrete chains often mix global and local characteristics, further research must be done in order to assess how this combination may be sustainable for different types of actors, depending on their values, capacities, networks and constraints.
Tradition and Modernity in the New New World of Wine: Market innovation in Languedoc AOC wines
Price Formation : the Case of the Burgundy Wine Market
Revue française de sociologie, 2006
... Vous consultezPrice Formation : the Case of the Burgundy Wine Market[*] [* This article is a ... more ... Vous consultezPrice Formation : the Case of the Burgundy Wine Market[*] [* This article is a product of the deep friendship between ... Classic sociologists such as Weber and Simmel also examined the question, but from a more historical and philosophical viewpoint, favoring an ...
Pour, 2012
Distribution électronique Cairn.info pour GREP. Distribution électronique Cairn.info pour GREP. L... more Distribution électronique Cairn.info pour GREP. Distribution électronique Cairn.info pour GREP. La reproduction ou représentation de cet article, notamment par photocopie, n'est autorisée que dans les limites des conditions générales d'utilisation du site ou, le cas échéant, des conditions générales de la licence souscrite par votre établissement. Toute autre reproduction ou représentation, en tout ou partie, sous quelque forme et de quelque manière que ce soit, est interdite sauf accord préalable et écrit de l'éditeur, en dehors des cas prévus par la législation en vigueur en France. Il est précisé que son stockage dans une base de données est également interdit. Article disponible en ligne à l'adresse Article disponible en ligne à l'adresse https://www.cairn.info/revue-pour-2016-4-page-225.htm Découvrir le sommaire de ce numéro, suivre la revue par email, s'abonner... Flashez ce QR Code pour accéder à la page de ce numéro sur Cairn.info. dossier Reconnecter agriculture et alimentation dans les territoires : dynamiques et défis
Networks, Innovation and Performance
Vertical Markets and Cooperative Hierarchies, 2007
Tendances et débats autour de la reterritorialisation de l’alimentation (Ready) : résultats de l'enquête nationale
Colloque Reterritorialisation de l’alimentation INRA, Nov 28, 2019
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HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), 2021
To provide local and healthy food, an increasing number of French farmers make the choice to not ... more To provide local and healthy food, an increasing number of French farmers make the choice to not only produce cereals but also process them into flour or semolina, then pasta and sell them on farm or through local food networks. Less or no gluten sensitivity have been reported by some consumers of these handmade products. A current participatory project proposes to inventory such initiatives in Occitanie region, to describe their farming systems and to evaluate the quality of pasta. The first results showed that on-farm processing and marketing are mostly the fact of smallscale organic farms growing landraces durum wheat varieties and other orphan Triticum species. Stone-milling is mainly used instead of roller-milling and the pasta process is soft, simpler but longer than the industrial one. The raw materials
A travers l’exemple du ble dur, les auteurs explorent l’evolution temporelle de la notion d’ideot... more A travers l’exemple du ble dur, les auteurs explorent l’evolution temporelle de la notion d’ideotype mais aussi comment la diversification actuelle des environnements en AB influe sur la diversification des ideotypes et rend necessaire une demarche dynamique et participative d’amelioration des plantes. Cette facon renouvelee de concevoir et gerer la selection amene a depasser la notion d’ideotype, qui reste associee a des criteres de selection a priori, pour preferer le terme de « realtype », qui traduirait la mise a l’epreuve de l’ideotype a la realite des terrains. Ce n’est donc pas la construction de l’ideotype « par rapport a » mais bien « dans » le contexte qui est recherche et permise par un dispositif collectif representant la diversite des acteurs concernes et des competences necessaires.
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