Short food supply chains and political divisions: The case of the duck product industry in the Landes
Over the last fifteen years, research has generated detailed analyses of the market relations involved in short food supply chains. However, the interactionist paradigm that has dominated this work has led to a neglect of the power relations and political conflicts that continue to structure the agr...
| Published in: | Revue Française de Socio-Économie |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | French |
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2020
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.3917/rfse.024.0169 https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-02871980 |
| Summary: | Over the last fifteen years, research has generated detailed analyses of the market relations involved in short food supply chains. However, the interactionist paradigm that has dominated this work has led to a neglect of the power relations and political conflicts that continue to structure the agricultural industries involved, reducing them to “games” that are never entirely stabilized. Drawing on a study of the duck products industry, and guided by an institutionalist and constructivist analytical framework, this article addresses a structural conflict that short supply chains have caused in the Landes department, the contrasting roles—inclusive or exclusive—attributed to it, and the impact of this political division on three contemporary issues: biosecurity, labeling, and public assistance for new entrants. Whereas an avian flu crisis in 2015–16 initially seemed to be “dealing new cards” to local producers and thereby enhancing their position within the industry, since then long-existing institutions and power relations have contributed to reinstating a division of labor concerning production, processing, and distribution. National audience Depuis 15 ans, la recherche a produit des analyses fines des relations marchandes qu’implique l’agriculture en circuit court. Toutefois, le paradigme relationnel qui l’a dominée tend fortement à minimiser les conflits politiques qui marquent les industries agricoles concernées en les réduisant à des « jeux » qui ne sont que partiellement stabilisés. En s’appuyant sur une enquête portant sur l’industrie des produits palmipèdes, et guidé par l’institutionnalisme constructiviste, cet article restitue plus frontalement l’antagonisme structurel qui s’est développé autour des « circuits courts » dans les Landes, les deux objectifs socio-économiques contrastants qui leur sont attribués, et l’impact de ce clivage politique sur la régulation de la biosécurité, des labels et de l’installation des nouveaux entrants. Le texte dans son ensemble montre notamment que si les grippes ... |
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