2011/01/01 by Harry Ozier Lafontaine, Maryline Boval, Ozier Lafontaine, Harry +7
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Agricultural research #Agriculture and Rural Development Research #Agroecology #Alternative production system #Caraïbe #Caribbean #Diversification #Ecological intensification #Employment #Environment #Food system #French oversea department #Innovation #Multipurpose agriculture #South america #Système alternatif de production
paper · doi:10.17180/5ch3-k266
openalex publication_date 2011/01/01 · openalex created_date 2022/08/25 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/15
Following the example of numerous regions in the world, the French West Indies Departments, in turn, cannot avoid challenging their own model of agricultural production. The transition, from an agroindustrial model to a model based on diversification and ecological intensification for a better satisfaction of the local food demand and the production of ecosystemic services, is henceforth inescapable. Alternative solutions have been studied by the agronomic research for decades, just as original initiatives have been taken by producers in the prospect of innovative system design. The aim of this article is to set up the basis for a better shared understanding of priorities, organizational patterns and necessary methods to co-design the innovative systems of the future in the Overseas. This approach is reinforced by a choice of local or regional examples intended to build a shared vision. It eventually proposes some options for the emergence of sustainable agricultural systems in the French West Indies and Guyana.