PLIAGES - Promoting circularity and local roots in organic pig farming

Subsequent to the work carried out by the previous ORIGAMI consortium (METABIO 2021–2022), which, in particular, identified all the barriers and drivers for the development of organic pig farming, the PLIAGES initiative aims to explore the following question in greater depth: How does the regional anchoring of organic pig farming sectors contribute to the transition dynamics of regional agrifood systems (RAS)? The hypothesis is that the presence of organic pig farming would optimize resource use at the farm and micro-regional levels, and enhance the services provided by the production of a wide range of food and non-food products. The objective of this research pathway is therefore to establish and test, across diverse regions, an analytical approach to assess the role of organic pork in RAS. 

PLIAGES consists of three phases: 
 

1. A definition of the conceptual and theoretical frameworks. This includes, in particular, an inventory of tools for as-sessing complementarities at the farm level and their links to the components of a region. The selected tools will be tested at the INRAE Porganic (UE Genesi) and Mirecourt (UR Aster) experimental sites, which have very different sectoral and regional contexts;
2. The design of a research approach based on the results of the first phase, which will be tested in three distinct re-gions: Lorraine & Haute-Marne, Brittany and Occitania;
3. The synthesis and analysis of the results, particularly regard-ing the factors conducive to the presence of integrated pig farms in RAS. 
    

This approach can be implemented by stakeholders who wish to maintain or strengthen organic pig farming in their regions. PLI-AGES consists of an interdisciplinary consortium that combines ex-pertise in the technical sciences, the humanities and the social sci-ences, working hand-in-hand with stakeholders in the sector and local communities.

Participants

INRAE units

• PEGASE, Rennes
• AGIR, Toulouse
• GENPHYSE, Toulouse
• BAGAP, Rennes
• SADAPT, Palaiseau
• ASTER, Mirecourt
• MOISA, Montpellier
• SAS, Rennes
• GENESI, Rouillé
   

Partners

• IEP Rennes
• CRD Sherbrooke, Canada

Contacts

Justine Faure (UMR PEGASE)

Lucile Montage (UMR PEGASE)