Typology

The aim of the typologies is to show how the trajectories of the different ATTER case studies compare from a qualitative point of view. The aim is to extend the work of characterising the trajectories of territorial agri-food systems by shedding light on the differences and similarities between them, thanks to the comparison between the different cases. These typologies are built from a choice of analytical dimensions that we have collectively developed based on our knowledge of the case studies and the analysis of their trajectories.

The idea is not to construct a single typology but rather several typologies that combine different analytical dimensions and therefore provide different interpretative insights, on the basis of analytical inputs that appear relevant to characterise two or more cases of trajectories together.
The ecologisation/intensification dimension (in the sense of industrialisation/intensification of the use of external inputs) is, however, common to all the typologies we are constructing, since ATTER focuses on agro-ecological transitions. Each trajectory has therefore been constructed with reference to the dynamics of ecologisation (or, on the contrary, intensification) of the territorial agri-food system. The aim is to shed light on the factors and dynamics that can influence this agro-ecological transition (or intensification, on the contrary).

Levers

Among the levers that may favour – or sometimes impede – agroecological transition processes, ATTER cross case studies analysis focuses on public policies and facilitation approaches and also explores the roles evaluation takes or could take for these transition processes