Study Of The Potential Of Community-Supported Agriculture (Csa) For The Dynamic On-Farm Management Of Agrobiodiversity

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As part of the European project H2020 DYNAVERSITY (1) (Dynamic seed networks for managing European Diversity), a study on the potential of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) for on farm management of cultivated biodiversity was conducted by INRAE and URGENCI. CSA can be defined as a direct partnership based on the human relationship between people and one or more producers who share risks, responsibilities and benefits of agriculture through a binding long term agreement. This study led to the publication of a report about the issue of raising consumer awareness about agrobiodiversity challenges in the context of the CSA partnerships (2), which draws recommendations to foster more involvement from the CSA movement into the issue of on farm management of cultivated biodiversity. We will be presenting our results, thoughts and recommendations in the framework of the theme 4 “Innovation Organic Farming”, in order to promote CSAs as a social innovation for on farm management of cultivated biodiversity.