Value Chains and Regions: Sustainable Crop Production Management
main objectives
To understand the connections between production and transformation and/or marketing – To know the technical and organizational action levers to ensure these connections – To understand the organization of value chains. ,To give students the tools and methods for working on the link between production and collection / transformation units in complex production areas/basins in order to conduct a diagnostic and identify the causes for a breakdown in performance (in terms of productivity, quality, environment)in order to then recommend adapted interventions designed to improve the crop systems at both technical and organizational levels taking into account the constraints and objectives of actors in farming (farmers, public authorities, collection and storage, etc.).,,
general content
This module is organized around a field study. The study will seek to address a cross-sectional issue which covers strategies and operating methods of an operator(s) downstream and growers (producers).,This study is carried out in a supply basin/area of a co-operative and organized around the question how to reconcile quality management and environmental requirements in the co-operative of a supply area/basin? Identification of the obstacles and technical and/or organizational action levers at different levels”. ,,,- Study trip to a production area of large food crops: Preparation of field trips up-flow and analysis of connections,- Theoretical background on the operation of production areas/ basins and the structuring of value chains (including logistics),- Crop production management tools aimed at quality management,,"
evaluation
Preparation of a study trip abroad (Group work, oral evaluation),Final Debriefing + Report (group work),Individual participation grade for work in the group,Written Exam. ,,
Bibliography
– Geels, F. W. (2011). The multi-level perspective on sustainability transitions: Responses to seven criticisms. Environmental innovation and societal transitions, 1(1), 24-40.,- Meynard, J. M., Jeuffroy, M. H., Le Bail, M., Lefèvre, A., Magrini, M. B., & Michon, C. (2017). Designing coupled innovations for the sustainability transition of agrifood systems. Agricultural systems, 157, 330-339.,- Le Bail, M., Aubry, C., Navarrete, M., & Vaucelle, A. (2006). Agronomie et qualité dans les filières de production végétale.,,