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Le concept d'agro-alimentaire : intérêt et limites

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  • Pierre Combris
  • Marc Nefussi

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[fre] Ce texte étudie l'intérêt de l'utilisation du concept d'agro-alimentaire pour l'analyse économique des industries agricoles et alimentaires. Dès le milieu des années cinquante aux Etat-Unis, des années soixante en France, le recours au concept d'agro-alimentaire s'est progressivement imposé pour traiter des questions relatives à l'évolution de l'agriculture. Ce concept s'est avéré utile aux recherches dans le cadre de trois problématiques bien distinctes : celle de l'insertion de l'agriculture dans les économies industrielles développées, celle de l'industrialisation de l'alimentation, et enfin celle de la pénétration des rapports de production capitalistes dans l'agriculture. Dans le cas de l'analyse des modalités de l'accumulation des capitaux dans les industries agricoles et alimentaires bien que l'utilisation du concept d'agro-alimentaire paraisse aller de soi pour rendre compte des particularités de ce secteur (domination de l'agriculture et contrainte alimentaire), elle pose en fait, sur le plan théorique, plus de problèmes qu'elle n'en résout. [eng] This paper discusses the usefulness of the concept of agribusiness for economic research on food industry. In the mid-fifties in the USA, and in the mid-sixties in France, the concept of agribusiness was introduced to cope . with problems relating to the evolution of agriculture. This concept turned out to be relevant to research on three different problems : insertion of agriculture in highly industrialized economies, industrialization of food, and development of capitalist relations of production in agriculture. To carry out the analysis of the accumulation of capital in industry, the concept of agribusiness seems to provide a good framework, especially explaining the specific characteristics of this sector (dominating agriculture, constraints on food prices). Actually, the use of the concept raises more theorical questions than answers.

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  • Pierre Combris & Marc Nefussi, 1984. "Le concept d'agro-alimentaire : intérêt et limites," Économie rurale, Programme National Persée, vol. 160(1), pages 22-27.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:recoru:ecoru_0013-0559_1984_num_160_1_3033
    DOI: 10.3406/ecoru.1984.3033
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