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Privatisation of farm advisory services and evolution of the quality of evidence
[Privatisation du conseil et évolution de la qualité des preuves produites pour les agriculteurs]

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  • Pierre Labarthe

    (SADAPT - Sciences pour l'Action et le Développement : Activités, Produits, Territoires - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - AgroParisTech)

  • Faïz Gallouj

    (CLERSÉ - Centre Lillois d’Études et de Recherches Sociologiques et Économiques - UMR 8019 - Université de Lille - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Catherine E. Laurent

    (SADAPT - Sciences pour l'Action et le Développement : Activités, Produits, Territoires - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - AgroParisTech)

Abstract

The privatisation of farm advisory services resulted in the creation of new service firms. Surveys were conducted in three regions, in Germany, France and the Netherlands in the cereals sector. They show the emergence of new types of farm advisory providers (consulting firms, suppliers of softwares to support decision making). The logics of performances and the back-office configurations of these firms are very different from those which prevailed in the public extension services or those which exist in the upstream and downstream enterprises that provided advice to farmers (cooperatives, commodity traders). This evolution invites to open a new research agenda on the evolution of the quality of evidence that will be available to support farm advisory services.

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  • Pierre Labarthe & Faïz Gallouj & Catherine E. Laurent, 2013. "Privatisation of farm advisory services and evolution of the quality of evidence [Privatisation du conseil et évolution de la qualité des preuves produites pour les agriculteurs]," Post-Print hal-01672632, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01672632
    DOI: 10.4000/economierurale.4074
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