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Quand le cheval participe au dynamisme des territoires : analyse de projets locaux innovants entrepris par des collectivités

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  • Celine Vial

    (UMR MOISA - Marchés, Organisations, Institutions et Stratégies d'Acteurs - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - Montpellier SupAgro - Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques - CIHEAM-IAMM - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier - CIHEAM - Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier, Institut Français du Cheval et de l'Equitation)

  • Ronan Le Velly

    (UMR Innovation - Innovation et Développement dans l'Agriculture et l'Agro-alimentaire - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier, Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier)

  • Alice Wanneroy

    (Lycée Professionnel Agricole d’Amboise)

Abstract

Public opinion is moving towards sustainable development which in turn is leading to the emergence of local initiatives that create territorial dynamism. Some of these actions involve the use of horses. These actions are still unknown, even by horse industry stakeholders. The Institut Français du Cheval et de l'Equitation, in partnership with the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique wanted to identify their potential issues. In this talk, we will present the results of a first study about these approaches that mobilize Equine in missions of sustainable development across the territories. A first overview of local innovative projects undertaken allowed us to understand their diversity, both in terms of organizations and objectives (waste collection, human transportation, mounted policemen, maintenance of protected natural areas, monitoring of herds, local development of equestrian tourism…). We then selected eight study cases, reflecting the diversity observed, on which we conducted field surveys coupling direct observations and semi-structured interviews. The content of the 30 interviews was analyzed qualitatively in order to underline general conclusions about the creation of these projects, their developments and their effects. The use of the horse appears in the observed projects as being motivated by its ability to respond to specific needs, but it is also motivated by the sensitivities and personal knowledge of key players. Then, our field investigations highlighted the frequency of experiments and of trials and errors, both organizational and technical. They aim at determining the right association between the characteristics of the mission to achieve, the horse, the employees and the equipment. These trials and errors are particularly visible in the uses of horses for public service missions. They show that these initiatives are innovative but not yet stabilized. For tourism development projects, these experiments are mainly devoted to the mobilization of local actors and existing facilities so as to propose and make visible "ready to use" and diversified products. To conclude, these actions are not yet stabilized and their evaluation is problematic, but we propose some conclusions about their economic, ecological and social effects. They are spreading as a result of new national organizations and they are generating real benefits for the horse industry, particularly in terms of image, recruitment of new practitioners and new opportunities for draught horses. We also make recommendations for the stakeholders of the horse industry, particularly taking into consideration the benefits and risks associated with institutionalization policies of these actions (creation of a reference system, rider training, horse certification…).

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  • Celine Vial & Ronan Le Velly & Alice Wanneroy, 2012. "Quand le cheval participe au dynamisme des territoires : analyse de projets locaux innovants entrepris par des collectivités," Post-Print hal-01506149, HAL.
  • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01506149
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