Towards a sustainable convention: values and practices in the French stone fruits’value chain

Fatima El Hadad-Gauthier (1, 2) , Myriam-Emilie Kessari (3) , G. Palma (1) , Leila Temri (2, 4) , S. Tozanli (1, 2)

1 CIHEAM-IAMM - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier
2 UMR MOISA - Marchés, Organisations, Institutions et Stratégies d'Acteurs
3 MRM - Montpellier Research in Management
4 Montpellier SupAgro - Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques

In this article, we first present the framework of the conventions theory (CT) and the sustainable criteria of the Alternative Food Networks (AFN). Then, we present our results chain’s actor by chain’s actor (processors, supermarkets, corner grocery stores and producers). We indicate their consideration for the local and organic food products and their values around these themes. Finally we discuss these results within the CT conceptual framework showing that the producers seems anchored in the industrial world while the other actors are in majority coordinated by the market world. Thus, we suggest that the levers will be different for the producers and for the other actors of the peach and apricot chains and yet some common values have to been found within the chain.

Mots clés: fruit production; value chain; alternative food network; sustainable convention

Mots clés: CHAINE DE VALEUR; DURABILITE; FRUITS ET LEGUMES; CONVENTION; FRANCE

Domaines: Economies et finances; Gestion et management

Fatima El Hadad-Gauthier, Myriam-Emilie Kessari, G. Palma, Leila Temri, S. Tozanli. Towards a sustainable convention: values and practices in the French stone fruits’value chain. 149. EAAE Seminar ‘Structural change in agri-food chains: new relations between farm sector, food industry and retail sector’, Institut National de Recherche Agronomique (INRA). UMR Structures et Marchés Agricoles, Ressources et Territoires (1302)., Oct 2016, Rennes, France. pp.1-19. ⟨hal-01407267⟩