Nouvelles formes de travail en agriculture

Overview & Synopsis

French agriculture is undergoing a profound restructuring of its forms of work, with the emergence of new practices, organizations, and professional figures. These plural and heterogeneous transformations remain largely underexplored. This book sheds light on the diversity of ongoing changes through concrete situations: the development of collective farms, the growing dissociation between land, capital, and labor, the impacts of agroecology and robotization, and the reconfiguration of work collectives around short food supply chains. It also reveals new types of agricultural workers, whether they are neo-farmers from outside the agricultural sector, seasonal and posted workers, volunteers, and even the active role of animals in livestock systems. Based on an interdisciplinary approach and field-based research, the book offers an original perspective on agricultural work. It differs from analyses focused on employment or legal status by addressing work as it is actually experienced and organized. It renews the debate on agricultural changes by highlighting forms of work that are often invisible and by questioning the sustainability of current models. This work is the result of a collective effort supported by INRAE’s Sciences for Action and Transitions (ACT) division. This book is intended for researchers, teachers, students, as well as professionals and agricultural development practitioners interested in the dynamics of agricultural work.