Vol. 12 No. 1 (2023)
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How do farmers’ pluriactivity projects evolve?

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  • Clarisse Ceriani,
  • Amar Djouak,
  • Marine Chaillard
Clarisse Ceriani
GRECAT, ISA - Junia, Lille
Amar Djouak
GRECAT, ISA - Junia, Lille
Marine Chaillard
GRECAT, ISA - Junia, Lille
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/bae-13424

Published 2023-05-15

Keywords

  • pluriactivity projects,
  • farm management strategies,
  • pluriactivity duration,
  • AFOLU

How to Cite

Ceriani, C., Djouak, A., & Chaillard, M. (2023). How do farmers’ pluriactivity projects evolve?. Bio-Based and Applied Economics, 12(1), 5–15. https://doi.org/10.36253/bae-13424

Copyright (c) 2023 Clarisse Ceriani, Amar Djouak, Marine Chaillard

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Abstract

Long criticized, pluriactivity is now perceived as an alternative agricultural strategy and it is becoming a subject of support policies. However, having an off-farm job generates organizational issues that can penalize the viability of this strategy. In this paper, we study the initial motivations of pluriactivity and the strategies developed by farmers over time to handle pluriactivity difficulties and we examine conditions that lead to permanent pluriactivity or not. We use an original qualitative approach interviewing 29 pluriactive farmers in “Nord-Pas de Calais”, region located in northern France. Our results show that pluriactivity is a dynamic strategy and farmers develop different strategies to adapt their pluriactivity over time to their farm requirements and time constraints. We find that most of the trajectories lead to a permanent pluriactive status, but pluriactivity lasts longer when both activities adapt to each other.

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