The restructuring of the dairy sector, particularly active during the last 20 years, is often justified by to the need for dairy farms to increase their competitiveness. This restructuring has resulted in the continued growth in the size of dairy farms and the parallel decline of small family...

[eng] The evolution of needs for training in agro-food and agricultural sciences in the central european countries . . The restructuring of agriculture in Central Europe has left in its wake new needs for professional people, both in beginner training and continuing education. Such engineers and...

[eng] Within certain conditions — especially feeding — Bovine somatotropine (BST) allows an increase in the yield of dairy cows. Budget studies of representative situations have shown that this product may further intensification in dairy farms, in spite of the restraint of quotas, and...

[eng] What type of appara tus is most appropriate to research in partnership situations? The role of a research team in the basque country Hinterlands. - A group of INRA researchers established a social apparatus ("dispositif") in response to a request from a Basque Country political body to...

The IDEA method (<TOGGLE>Indicateurs de Durabilité des Exploitations Agricoles</TOGGLE> or Farm Sustainability Indicators) is based on research work conducted since 1998 and is one way of giving practical expression to the concept of sustainable farms. Based on 41 sustainability indicators covering the three...</toggle>

[eng] The analysis of changes in the price of land over the last 30 years, at the departmental level, must be principally linked to the transformation of landownership relations and to the evolution of systems of production. The decline of the large landholding in the West, the resurgence of...

[eng] THE PROPERTY OF THE RIGHTS TO PRODUCE: A COMPARISON FRANCE-UNITED KINGDOM . The different links which exist, in France and in the United Kingdom, between the landed property and the farm, influence the management of the dairy quotas and the rights to premium. The French landowners have a...

[eng] The future of agriculture land : farmer's strategy for extension The study of the farmer's land strategy in four french areas where supply of land is high shows that farmers adjust their demand for extension to the supply. We cannot talk about fallow land development even if some factors...