Functional biodiversity
Functional biodiversity refers to the set of species that contribute to ecosystem services in an agroecosystem. In other… View Article
Participatory approach
A participatory approach means that the person in charge of solving a problem or designing an innovation involves… View Article
Open-pollinated varieties
A variety is a set of related individuals within the same plant species, forming an artificial population used… View Article
Green and Blue Infrastructure
The Green and Blue Infrastructure (Trame Verte et Bleue in french) is a tool for preserving biodiversity which… View Article
Bioresource
Bioresources, or biological resources, are all the living-based matter that result directly or indirectly from photosynthesis. It refers… View Article
Aquaponic
Aquaponic results in the synergy of fish farming and above-ground plan cultivation. Its objective is to produce fish… View Article
Social and Solidarity Economy
Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) groups together economic activities of social utility. According to the law of July… View Article
Food sovereignty
Food sovereignty is the right for people to decide about their own strategies and policies to guarantee their… View Article
Climate smart agriculture
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is an integrated approach of agriculture compatible with climate change (rise in average temperatures, more… View Article
Circular economy
Circular economy is an economic model based on the fact that the amount of available resources is limited…. View Article
Bioeconomy
Bioeconomy gathers all economical activities using biological resources with moderation. Biological resources refer to ecosystem biotic factors (organisms… View Article
Food security
Food security is a concept defined by the access of all individuals in a population to quality food… View Article
Consum’actor
The consum’actor is a consumer who reappropriates the act of consumption by using his purchasing power to protect… View Article
Traditional know-how
Agricultural know-how are skills acquired through experience or apprenticeship as a farmer. Referring to traditional know-how involves the preservation and… View Article
Farm resilience
A farm’s resilience is its ability to cope with disturbances or to come back to a routine regime… View Article
Systemic approach
The systemic approach refers to an analysis method; a way to handle a complex system with a global… View Article
Urban agriculture
Urban Agriculture (UA) is a form of farming within and around cities. Due to urban characteristics (spatial constraints,… View Article
Peasant farming
Peasant farming is an agricultural mode of production, defined by ten interconnected rules, such as seeking self-sufficiency in… View Article
Animal welfare
In 2018, ANSES (French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety) has defined animal welfare as… View Article
Sustainable food for farmed animals
Sustainable food for farmed animals aims at providing them with nutrients via raw vegetable matter that represents part… View Article
Ecologically intensive agriculture
Ecologically intensive agriculture (EIA) is an agricultural way of production based on the sustainable use of ecosystem services… View Article
Sustainable food systems
Food systems refer to the rules of functioning, the modes of organization, the technologies and practices that determines… View Article
Collaboration
Collaboration is a kind of social interaction involving direct and voluntary exchange of views among people. It aims… View Article
Food web
A food web represents all the food interactions between living organisms in an ecosystem. Among these interactions there… View Article
Learning network
A network is similar to a range of actors who interact and share a common purpose: together they… View Article
Peasant seeds
The term peasant seeds, relative to the seeds of plant origin, refers to all or part of a… View Article
Territorialised food system
“A food system includes all agents, services and institutions responsible for the production, distribution, access, consumption and storage… View Article
Re-localization of agriculture
The re-localization of agriculture is the rapprochement between producers and consumers. In this context, the root “local” in… View Article
Biological regulation
Set of interactions and transformations operating within agroecosystem biotechnical systems. Biological regulation integrates the concepts of natural regulation,… View Article
Multi-purpose breeds
The term multipurpose breed is generally applied to cattle that are exploited for both milk and meat ability…. View Article
Crop auxiliaries
A crop auxiliary, in a broad sense, is a living organism that provides ecosystem services to facilitate agricultural… View Article
Autofertility
Autofertility defines a soil able to preserve its own fertility, i.e. how easy it is for a plant… View Article
Agroecological transition
The term transition refers to the process by which the principles governing a system are radically altered, resulting… View Article
One Health
The concept of one-health aims at taking into account the interdependencies between the health condition of animals and… View Article
Legumes
Legumes are plants whose fruit is a pod. Most of these plants have bacteria on their roots which… View Article
Agroforestry
Strictly speaking, agroforestry is a practice where crops are associated with trees planted in the same plot (see… View Article
Sustainable development
The Brundtland Report defines sustainable development as development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the… View Article
Agroecosystem health
The health of an agroecosystem is its ability to develop and self-sustain the production of a diversity of… View Article
Participatory plant breeding
Participatory breeding is a collective mode of genetic improvement of plants which brings together different stakeholders, including researchers,… View Article
Ecopathology
Ecopathology is a systemic investigation approach to livestock health, which consists of studying the pathologies of farm animals… View Article
Breed hardiness
A hardy breed, in a broad sense, is a breed which has little demands, requires little care, and… View Article
Native breed
Subdivision of an animal species that has been domesticated by humans for breeding and selection. According to the… View Article
Agrobiodiversity
Agrobiodiversity, or agricultural biodiversity, is the part of biodiversity recognized as a resource by farmers for agricultural production…. View Article
Agroecology
Agroecology aims to promote sustainable food systems, respectful of people and the environment. These systems involve agricultural production… View Article
Soil biological fertility
Ability of soils to provide the essential elements (mainly nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium) to plant growth through the… View Article
Soil life
All organisms which live, during all or part of their life cycle, on the soil surface or in… View Article
Ecosystem services in agroecosystems
Ecosystem services are defined as the goods and services that humans can get from ecosystems, directly or indirectly,… View Article
Soil conservation agriculture
Agriculture based on three main agronomic principles applied simultaneously: direct sowing without any soil tillage, permanent (plant or… View Article