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Population, agriculture et ruralité en Gascogne gersoise de 1945 à nos jours

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  • Gilbert Sourbadère

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[fre] Depuis 1846, le département du Gers a perdu près de la moitié de sa population. Aujourd'hui, il est même menacé par la désertification. Pourtant, les agriculteurs gascons ont réalisé une spectaculaire « révolution silencieuse » au cours de ces trente dernières années. A tel point, que la polyculture vivrière a cédé le pas à une polyproduction adaptée et intensive. Ainsi, l'agriculture gersoise s'est hissée du 63ème rang national au 7ème rang en 1986. Mais depuis 1974, cette agriculture au palmarès assez brillant apparaît plus fragile que d'autres face aux rigueurs de la crise et aux directives malthusiennes de Bruxelles. . Aussi, entre une agriculture ultra-productiviste et des paysans « gardiens de la nature », des formules intermédiaires devront être trouvées à l'avenir, afin de préserver le tissu rural de la Gascogne gersoise. [eng] Since 1846, the département of the Gers has lost hearly half its population. To day, it is even threatened with depopulation. Yet, Gascon farmers have undertaken a spectacular « silent revolution » over the last thirty years. So much so that traditionnal polyculture has given way to an intensive and adjustable polyproduction. Because of this, agriculture in the Gers had moved from 63rd position on a national scale to 7th by 1986. However, from 1974, this form of agriculture with its brilliant results has appeared more fragile than other types in the face of the crisis and the mathusian directives from Brussels. . In the Gers now, there is a tendancy towards an ultra-productivist form of agriculture alongside farmers keen to take care of nature. In the future, a middle course will have to be found between these two approaches in order to preserve the rural fabric of Gascon Gers.

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  • Gilbert Sourbadère, 1988. "Population, agriculture et ruralité en Gascogne gersoise de 1945 à nos jours," Économie rurale, Programme National Persée, vol. 184(1), pages 151-160.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:recoru:ecoru_0013-0559_1988_num_184_1_3906
    DOI: 10.3406/ecoru.1988.3906
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