Les filieres regionales de qualite dans l'agro-alimentaire. Etude comparative dans le secteur laitier en Franche-Comte, Emilie Romagne et Auvergne

International farming systems comparisons must not be based only on structural or economical analysis (prices, costs...) but also on the social economical context. Thus, there is a social consensus upon the aims and logic of running a farm which is different from one country to another. The Dutch and French cases show that the steps toward farm management which are proposed by both advisary services are opposed. In France, it is an agronomical point of view which consists in enhancing selfproduced forage considered as the limiting factor of animal production. In the Netherlands, the optimal use of family labour is the goal. The combination of production factors (animals, bought or selfproduced feed...) depends upon the quest of an economical optimum. Non- soil production is then looked upon as a complementary means to an intensification of forage areas whose limits are rapidly reached.