2024/05/13 by Chave, Marie, Angeon, Valérie, Casagrande, Marion
#Biocontrole #Biocontrôle #Biostimulants #Co-conception #Coupled innovations #Innovations couplées co-design #Scenarios territoriaux #Territorial scenarios
paper · doi:10.17180/ciag-2024-vol91-art04
Reducing the use of phytopharmaceutical products in vegetable production systems is one of the objectives of sustainable production. In both mainland France and the French West Indies, stakeholders are experimenting with a variety of alternatives to pesticides, such as biocontrol and biostimulants. However, the dissemination of these technologies remains limited and, overall, subject to the paradigm of substitution, which is not conducive to the redesign of cropping systems that is so necessary to achieve a strong ecological transition of agricultural production systems. This article reports on an experiment carried out in Guadeloupe with agricultural professionals to identify the obstacles and levers to the deployment of these biosolutions. Combining different methodological sequences (diagnosis, exchange workshops, co-design workshops) implemented with a wide range of stakeholders (farmers, advisors, researchers, public stakeholders, agri-suppliers), the article analyzes the strategies of local stakeholders regarding the use of biosolutions. It shows that while there are real opportunities to move away from the substitution paradigm, they are still anecdotal. It also shows that the implementation of biosolutions requires a strengthening of local coordination between the various stakeholders in agri-food systems, to truly embark on a path of viable transformative change.