The potential role of supermarket procurement strategies as drivers of IPM - Policy Brief No. 2

Claire Lamine (1) , Isabelle Haynes (2) , Marc Barzman (3) , Rejane R. Paratte (1)

1 ECODEVELOPPEMENT - Unité de recherche d'Écodéveloppement
2 ULB - Université libre de Bruxelles
3 ECO-INNOV - Unité Impacts Ecologiques des Innovations en Production Végétale

Main findings: 1. Consumer demand can evolve in favour of IPM. Educational campaigns in favour of relaxed visual standards and acceptance of varietal diversity on the shelf would create favourable conditions for the marketing of IPM-produced food. 2. Supermarket procurement strategies can contribute to reducing risks. They could go a long way towards achieving reduced reliance on pesticides and advanced forms of IPM if they were to include relaxed visual standards and acceptance of resistant varieties. 3. Genuine partnerships between farmers, buyers and suppliers based on a common interest in reducing dependence on pesticides are needed. Such partnerships would result in broad and sustained support for IPM from farmers, but would entail rewarding farmers for their efforts and ensuring their access to the advisory and monitoring support which is required for IPM.

Mots clés: IPM retail implementation grande distribution

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

Claire Lamine, Isabelle Haynes, Marc Barzman, Rejane R. Paratte. The potential role of supermarket procurement strategies as drivers of IPM - Policy Brief No. 2. 2010, 6 p. ⟨hal-01189963⟩