Biodiversity conservation as a new rationale for localized and sustainable agro-food systems. The case of two French PDO mountain cheeses.

Armelle Caron (1) , Valérie Boisvert (2) , Christophe Berthelot (1) , Philippe Chambon (1) , Alain Guéringer (1) , Valérie Angeon (3)

1 UMR METAFORT - Mutations des activités des espaces et des formes d'organisation dans les territoires ruraux
2 Institut de géographie et durabilité
3 CEREGMIA - Centre de Recherche en Economie, Gestion, Modélisation et Informatique Appliquée

Our paper is based on the first results of a twofold interdisciplinary research project financed by the French Ministry of the Environment (DIVA2 programme) which purpose was to analyse the emergence of biodiversity conservation as a new goal set to geographical indications and to study its effects on the strategies of the various stakeholders, and their impacts on the farming practices and the...

Keywords: case studies; cheeses; biodiversity; sustainability; farming systems; food industry; food policy; geographical distribution; marketing; nature conservation; origin; socioeconomics

Domains: Environmental Sciences; Biodiversity and Ecology; Environmental Sciences; Environmental and Society

Armelle Caron, Valérie Boisvert, Christophe Berthelot, Philippe Chambon, Alain Guéringer, et al.. Biodiversity conservation as a new rationale for localized and sustainable agro-food systems. The case of two French PDO mountain cheeses.. 9th European IFSA Symposium, Jul 2010, Vienna, Austria. pp.1636-1646. ⟨hal-00979640⟩