?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+National+Research+Programmes+on+Organic+Farming+2000%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%932006%3A+French+Country+Report&rft.creator=Diolez%2C+Annick&rft.creator=Sylvander%2C+Bertil&rft.subject=+Policy+environments+and+social+economy&rft.subject=+Research+communication+and+quality&rft.subject=France&rft.description=In+France%2C+the+research+programmes+have+always+been+fairly+decentralized.+They+are+being+carried+out+at+several+research+institutions1+and+universities.+Government+funding+and+sources+of+financing+are+available+at+national%2C+regional+and+district+level.+Even+at+the+national+level%2C+it+is+not+easy+to+identify+a+real+unified+research+policy.+The+main+way+to+analyse+the+funding+systems+is+to+follow+up+the+topics+mentioned+in+the+calls+for+proposals%2C+which+are+often+very+much+influenced+by+various+policy+networks.%0D%0A%0D%0ADuring+the+last+decades%2C+farmers%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99+organisations+have+influenced+the+main+themes+of+the+research+programmes%2C+both+at+the+National+Institute+for+Agricultural+Research+(INRA)+as+well+as+at+other+institutions.%0D%0AHowever%2C+since+the+beginning+of+the+1990s%2C+a+real+diversification+of+the+themes+can+be+observed%2C+due+to+substantial+changes+that+have+been+taking+place+in+the+agricultural+sector+since+then.+Changes+include+the+diversification+of+production+models+towards+designation+of+origin+(DOC)%3B+introduction+of+farmhouse+products%2C+extensive+agriculture%2C+breeding+with+suckling+cows%3B+increased+attention+on+rural+development%2C+environmental+aspects%2C+sustainability%2C+etc.+Organic+farming+has+a+special+place+in+this+framework+as+its+policy+networks+had+to+fight+a+long+time+to+become+recognised.%0D%0A%0D%0AIn+the+year+2000+a+national+programme+for+organic+farming+was+set+up+by+the+Ministry+of+Agriculture+and+Fisheries+and+the+National+Institute+for+Agricultural+Research+(INRA).+At+the+same+time+there+were+also+other+calls+for+proposals+from+various+bodies%2C+both+at+national+and+regional+level%2C+which+cover+organic+farming+within+the+overall+topics.+Several+of+these+programmes+are+described+in+this+article%2C+even+if+they+are+not+specialised+on+organic+farming.+It+should+be+mentioned+in+this+context+that+the+main+responsible+experts+are+represented+in+the+different+boards.+Organic+farming+projects+are+therefore+consistent+and+overlapping+is+in+fact+often+avoided.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+main+actors+in+French+agricultural+research+are%0D%0A-+National+Institute+for+Agricultural+Research+(INRA)%2C%0D%0A-+the+Ministry+of+Agriculture+and+Fisheries+(Teaching+and+Research+Department+DGER)+and+the+Ministry+of+Research%2C%0D%0A-+the+Union+of+the+Technical+Institutes+for+Agriculture+(ACTA)%2C+consisting+of+20+technical+institutes+organised+by+agricultural+commodities%2C%0D%0A-+the+Union+of+the+Technical+Institutes+for+Food+Processing+(ACTIA)%2C+consisting+of+15+technical+institutes+organised+by+processed+commodities%2C%0D%0A-+the+Agency+for+Agricultural+Development+(ANDA)+which+was+replaced+in+2004+by+the+Agency+for+Agricultural+and+Rural+Development+(ADAR)+who+are+yearly+issuing+calls+for+proposals.%0D%0AThe+whole+system+was+simplified+and+rationalised+in+2005+by+the+creation+of+the+National+Research+Agency.&rft.publisher=Bundesanstalt+f%C3%83%C2%BCr+Landwirtschaft+und+Ern%C3%83%C2%A4hrung+(BLE)+%2F+Federal+Agency+for+Agriculture+and+Food+BLE%2C+Bonn%2C+Germany&rft.contributor=Lange%2C+Stefan&rft.contributor=Williges%2C+Ute&rft.contributor=Saxena%2C+Shilpi&rft.contributor=Willer%2C+Helga&rft.date=2006&rft.type=Book+chapter&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F8790%2F1%2Fdiolez-sylvander-2006-france.pdf&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F8790%2F2%2Fdiolez-sylvander-2006-annex-1.pdf&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F8790%2F3%2Fdiolez-sylvander-2006-annex-2.pdf&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F8790%2F4%2Fdiolez-sylvander-2006-table-4.pdf&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F8790%2F5%2Fdiolez-sylvander-2006-table-5.pdf&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F8790%2F6%2Fdiolez-sylvander-2006-table-6.pdf&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F8790%2F7%2Fdiolez-sylvander-2006-table-7.pdf&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F8790%2F8%2Fdiolez-sylvander-2006-table-8.pdf&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F8790%2F9%2Fdiolez-sylvander-2006-table-9.pdf&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F8790%2F10%2Fdiolez-sylvander-2006-table-10.pdf&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F8790%2F11%2Fdiolez-sylvander-2006-table-11.pdf&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F8790%2F12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