Edited by
Philippe Martin, AgroParisTech, France
Solène Pissonnier, AgroParisTech, France
ISBN : 9781789452266
Publication Date : September 2025
Hardcover 328 pp
165.00 USD
Co-publisher
What are the new relationships between territories and farms? Farms and Territory addresses this question by exploring a range of landscapes, from mountains to cereal plains, forged by different actors who exploit and protect resources such as land and wild – or domestic – biodiversity. These territories are also the site of renewed interactions between farms for the use of biomass, whether for methanization or herd feeding.
This book focuses on the various methods and tools used to diagnose, design or evaluate agricultural dynamics in territories: database matching, material and energy flow calculations, co-design approaches, etc. In short, this book illustrates the diversity of work carried out at the farm–territory interface by research teams to understand changes in the agricultural world and the ecological, economic and societal impacts.
1. Which Land Resources to Adopt for an Ecological Transition of Agri-Food Systems? A Cross-View of Law and Sociology, Pierre-Etienne Bouillot and Romain Melot.
2. Synergies between Animal Husbandry and Forests for the Development of Agroecological Systems in Middle Mountain and Mediterranean Foothill Regions: Comparative Study of the Limousine Mountain and the Lodevois, Nathan Morsel and Nadège Garambois.
3. Crop–Livestock Interaction at the Territorial Scale: Tools and Methods to Support Its Development, Solène Pissonnier.
4. Genetic Choices, Farming Systems and Territories, Etienne Verrier and Anne Lauvie.
5. Town Microfarms, Country Microfarms in Fields: Innovative Systems in Contrasting Territories, Agnès Lelièvre and Kevin Morel.
6. The Rise of Professional Gathering in Rural Areas, Valentin Asselain and Florence Pinton.
7. How Can Biodiversity Be Taken into Account on Farm Territories?, Aude Barbottin, Daphnée Durant, Raymond Reau and Hélène Gross.
8. Sociometabolic Approaches to Conceptualizing and Supporting Agri-Food Transitions, Caroline Petit and Thierry Bonaudo.
9. Farms in the Transition to Sustainable Food in Urban Areas: The Role of Collective Catering, Christine Aubry and Emmanuel Raynaud.
10. Farming and the Circular Economy in Territories: Recycling Urban Waste in Agriculture, Florent Levavasseur and Sabine Houot.
11. Biogas and Biomass Valorization Circuits at the Farm and Territory Levels, Jeanne Cadiou and Jean-Marc Meynard.
12. Databases for Analyzing Relationships Between Farm Holdings and Territories, Philippe Martin and Myriam Grillot.
Philippe Martin works as a professor at AgroParisTech, France. His research, conducted at the SADAPT Joint Research Unit (UMR SADAPT), focuses on the dynamics of agricultural systems within territories, using mixed approaches (database analysis and field surveys).
Solène Pissonnier works as Associate Professor at AgroParisTech and the SADAPT Joint Research Unit (UMR SADAPT), France. Her work focuses on crop–livestock interactions at the territorial level, particularly on developing methodologies to support their development.
