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De la recherche sur les décisions des agriculteurs à la formation économique des agriculteurs

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  • J. Brossier

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[fre] Cet article rend compte des liens qui existent entre la recherche-action sur le comportement économique des agriculteurs et leur formation économique. L'auteur fait part d'abord des principaux résultats des recherches qu'il a menées depuis dix ans sur les décisions des agriculteurs, s'appuyant sur le postulat de cohérence (« les agriculteurs ont de bonnes raisons de faire ce qu'ils font »), sur les concepts de projet, de situation, de perception et d'adaptation. Puis, il témoigne d'une expérience de recherche-action conduite pendant trois ans auprès d'un groupe d'agriculteurs et d'agricultrices, d'où il tire des enseignements sur les problèmes théoriques et pratiques que posent de telles recherches où les agriculteurs sont directement partie prenante : dans l'acte de recherche sur les décisions des agriculteurs, il y a simultanément un acte de formation du groupe d'agriculteurs et cet acte est en même temps la condition de leur participation. . L'acte de formation consiste dans le détour proposé aux agriculteurs : la construction d'un modèle (ou d'une image) de leur exploitation puis sa confrontation à la réalité conduisent à une meilleure analyse de leur situation et à une clarification de leur projet permettant de poser leur problème en des termes différents et de faciliter leur résolution ultérieure. . L'auteur plaide pour la généralisation de tels groupes comme lieux privilégiés de recherches, malgré les difficultés soulignées. [eng] This article deals with the links which take place between action/research on the economic behaviour of farmers and their economic training. Firstly, the author presents the principal results of the research which he has been carrying over the last ten years on farmers' decision making, based on the consistency postulate (« f amers have good reasons to do what they are doing »), on the concepts of project, of situation, of perception and adaptation. Then, he reports an experience of action research conducted over three years on a group of farmers and their spouses, therefrom he derives lessons about theoretical and pratical problems which arise when farmers themselves are a part of the research undertaking : Inside the research effort on farmer's decision making, there is simultaneously an act of training of the farmers group and this act is in the same time the condition to get their participation. . The action of training consists of the round-about way proposed to farmers : the building of a model (i. e. an image) of their farm, then the confrontation to reality leads to a better analysis of their situation and to a clarification of their project allowing to set up their problems in different terms and to make easier their solution. . The author makes a plea for the generalisation of such groups as privileged places for research, in spite of emphasized difficulties.

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  • J. Brossier, 1980. "De la recherche sur les décisions des agriculteurs à la formation économique des agriculteurs," Économie rurale, Programme National Persée, vol. 136(1), pages 39-46.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:recoru:ecoru_0013-0559_1980_num_136_1_2697
    DOI: 10.3406/ecoru.1980.2697
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