Markets, Organizations, Institutions and Operators' Strategies
The unit includes researchers in economics, management, sociology, anthropology and political science. Its core topic is the governance of sustainable development in the agrifood systems of Mediterranean and tropical countries.
In particular, the unit works on standards as instruments for governing agrifood systems, alternative food supply and demand models, how rural producers may be structured on various levels, and ways of regulating the agricultural and rural sectors. It comprises five teams: Sustainable food consumption; Strategy, governance and performances of firms and production chains; Institutional economics applied to production chains; Governance of resources and territories; and Sociology and policial economics of sustainable development.
- La recherche agronomique pour le développement (Cirad), France
- Montpellier SupAgro, France
- Institut national de la recherche agronomique (INRA), France
- Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM), France