On the 20^th and 21^st October AGROSUPDijon hosted the Rural’Est/SFER conference  20 years of Farming and Rural Transition in Eastern Europe: what have we learned?

The conference was attended by 58 participants from many institutions across Europe, including delegates from Romania, Hungary, Germany, Poland, Belgium, France and the UK. The event was closed by a round table and debate CAP 2013: which issues, which perspectives for rural development in the Central and Oriental countries of Europe?  with Dacian Ciolos, the Commissioner for EU Agriculture and Rural Development, Alexandre Martinez (Agricultural Adviser at the French Embassy in Poland) and Samuel Feret (Group 2013).

 

The convivial atmosphere and common purpose allowed many new links to be made between institutions, as well as many illuminating presentations.

 

 

Au terme de cet événement nous souhaitions remercier toutes les personnes et institutions qui ont permis ces rencontres aussi bien d'un point de vue intellectuel, financier ou logistique.

 

 

Tout d'abord, nos remerciements vont à la SFER qui a permis la valorisation de travaux de recherche autour du thème de la transition, plus spécialement à Bernard Roux, Marielle Berriet-Solliec, Florence Jacquet et Anaël.

 

Agrosup Dijon (ASD) qui a hébergé mais aussi soutenu financièrement cet événement. A nouveau parmi son équipe nous souhaitions plus particulièrement remercier son directeur Gérard Bouchot, son service des relations internationales (Corinne Stewart, Christine Notte et Amélie) ainsi que ses enseignants chercheurs, Marielle Berriet-Solliec, Jean-Pierre Boinon et Jean-Christophe Kroll, pour leur support.

Pour la venue des participants de Roumanie, Hongrie et Pologne nous tenions à saluer le programme ACCES du ministère de l'enseignement supérieur et de la recherche et son soutien depuis plusieurs années.
Agrocampus Ouest a permis le portage de ce programme en la personne d'Annie Ecolan que nous remercions ici, en synergie avec Catherine Darrot. Cet articulation d'institutions autour de l'évènement étant pour nous la preuve même du fonctionnement de réseau.

Enfin, le numéro spécial n'aurait pas vu le jour sans la ténacité du comité d'organisation qui a suivi tout au long de l'édition les auteurs et les référés des articles. Nous tenons ici à remercier: Gilles Bazin, Lise Bourdeau Lepage (dont nous avons regretté l'absence, en espérant se voir bientôt), Michel Streith, Marie-Luce Ghib, Catherine Darrot, Bernard Roux.

 

Autour de l'évènement, il nous faut rappeler le travail:
- du comité scientifique composé de Alain Pouliquen, Gilles Bazin, Christian Mouchet, Michel Streith, Lise Bourdeau Lepage, Frédéric Courleux, Marielle Berriet Solliec, Bernard Roux, Catherine Darrot et Marie-Luce Ghib.
- de l'équipe d'organisation: Krystyna Larkham, Alexis Grandjean, Hugh, François Gael Lataste, Marie-Luce Ghib, Catherine Darrot, Alain Fargeot d'ASD et le service des RI d'ASD.

  
Nous remercions bien sûr avant tout, tous les auteurs et participants avec une pensée particulière au commissaire européen Dacian Ciolos et sa femme Valérie Villemin-Ciolos pour l'honneur de leur participation active. Merci aussi à Alexandre Martinez et Samuel Ferret pour leur participation pertinente à la table ronde.
Nous espérons bientôt pouvoir aussi remercie le Grand Dijon pour son support dans l'édition des actes du colloque.
Et enfin, nous remercions tout spécialement les maris et enfants de cette équipe plutôt féminine, pour le moment ;-).

 

    

Photos of the event, including the final Round Table with Dacian Ciolos, Alexandre Martinez and Samuel Feret can be found here.

 

 

 

A list of conference participants can be found here

 

The programme of the event and presentations can be found below.

 

20TH OCTOBER 2011 President Pr. Jean-Pierre Boinon (Emeritus Professor Agrosup Dijon)

 Welcome, coffee and introduction from the President

 

Session 1: "Markets, economic issues and public policies"

Moderated by Lise Bourdeau‐Lepage - absent (Professor, University Lyon

3‐Jean Moulin, UMR EVS) and Cecilia Alexandri (Institute of

Agricultural Economics, Bucharest)

1) E. Varga, Leader programs in Hungary

2) C. Gavrilescu, C. Toma, C. Turtoi,

Income, expenditure and agrifood

consumption of the rural population in Romania – An overview

of the last two decades

3) C. Gavrilescu,

The Romanian agri‐food trade – A two decade

evolution: from COMECON to the EU single market

4) S. Stepień,

The EU common agricultural policy and the interest of

Polish agriculture

 

Session 2: Rural Development and Social issues in the East

Moderated by Michel Streith (Chargé de recherches CNRS) and

Catherine Darrot (maître de conférences Agrocampus Ouest, co

founder of Rural'Est)

1) P. Otiman and C. Salasan,

The semi‐subsistence profile of the

Romanian agriculture

2) M. Tudor, Resizing of real labour force in rural areas in the

context of occupational mobility – Romanian case study

3) B. Megyesi, Habitus of economic rationality – The transformation

of a socialist type co‐operation : a case study from rural Hungary            

 

Session 3: Land market issues in the east

Moderated by Jean‐Pierre Boinon (Emeritus Professor, Agrosup

Dijon), Frédéric Courleux (Head of the Office of Evaluation and

Economic Analysis at the Centre for Studies and Foresight,

Ministry of Agriculture, Paris)

1) P. Grouiez, Firms' strategies on collective goods production and

performance of the Russian agricultural sector

2) D. Liorit, History and land policy in Poland

3) P. Otiman, V. Florian, E. Rosu, The rural patrimony subject to

socio‐economic changes in Țara Hațeg Retezat, Romania

4) M. Gospodarowicz, Development of technical infrastructure in

rural areas in Poland in 2000‐2009

 

Session 4: Transition in the East: contemporary perspectives

Moderated by Marielle Berriet‐Solliec (prof. Agrosup Dijon),

Marek Wigier (Director of research, Institute of Agricultural

Economy, Warsaw, Poland)

1) I. Kovach, Civil society and demography in Central and Eastern

Europe

2) D. Giurca (with the collaboration of L. Luca et D. Cioloş)

 A 20‐year search for coherence in agricultural policies from Romania

3) J. Fałkowsky, Returns from income strategies in rural Poland

4) C. Alexandri, Price transmission in the Romanian agrifood chains

in the context of market instability

 

 

PROGRAMME 21ST OCTOBER 2011 President: Bernard Roux (President of the Drafting Committee for Rural Economy)

Welcome, coffee and words from the president

Krystyna Larkham Introduction to Rural’Est

Alain Pouliquen (DR honoraire INRA) Introduction

Session 1:

Moderated by Zbigniew Floriańczyk (coordinator of the

European Rural Development Network, Poland)

1) G.Bazin & L. Bourdeau‐Lepage

Agriculture in the Central and

Oriental countries of Europe:

continuity and adaptation.

2) M. Streith Back to the future: the first years of post socialist

agricultural transition in East Germany

3) C. Darrot & B. Von Hirschhausen The CAP and agricultural

transition in Poland and Romania: the new terms of the process.

 

Session 2:

Moderated by Daniela Giurca, (General Director of Agricultural

Policy, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development,

Bucharest)

1) V. Villemin & W. Andreff & E. Montaigne, The minifundia cutting

off. The Romanian winegrowing case faced to public policies

2) E. Lezéan, Russian Agriculture in transition: between stagnation

and post soviet modernization.

3) M. Esteve, D. Barjolle & Paus Perspectives and limits of

development of filières under Geographical indications in the

Balkans.

 

Round table and closing debate: “CAP 2013” ‐which issues, which perspectives for rural development in the central and oriental countries of Europe?

Moderated by Christian Mouchet (Emeritus Professor,

Agrocampus Ouest)

1) Dacian Cioloş Commissioner for EU Agriculture and Rural

Development

2) Alexandre Martinez (Poland) Agricultural Advisor at the French

Embassy

3) Samuel Feret – Group "PAC 2013"

 

 

 

Place: Boros Valley, commune: Lunca de JOS near Miercurea Ciuc

After the seminar - papers and synthesis:

 

Dominique Barjolle : La petite agriculture familiale roumaine au service de la biodiversité Frédérique Lorenzi: Report on the Rural'Est 2011 meeting

 

Programme

Thursday 11th August 2011

09:00 Introduction and Welcome

Participant Welcome (Rural’Est and Pogany Havas)

Introduction of participants, review of previous meetings

10.30 Rural Transformations in EU 27doc 1 doc 2 doc 311:00 Break

11:30 Rural Transformations under the influence of policy

A specific support for « small farms » ? (Pierre Schwartz)

An evaluation of three schemes in the 2nd Pillar of Romanian agricultural policy (Marie- Luce Ghib)

Discussion

13:00 Lunch

14:00 Workshop: Surveying Rural Transformations in Non Agricultural Activities

First evaluation of results from Market Survey in Rural’Seuca  (Krystyna Larkham)

14:30 Compilation of survey about local transformations (Monica Tudor, Krystyna Larkham)

17:30 Survey of producers in village of Lunca de Jos

20:00 Dinner

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Friday 12th August 2011

09:00 Transformation of Enterprise

An entrepreurial turn in French agriculture? The case of cereal growers (Antoine de Raymond)

Strategies of Russian Farms  (Pascal Grouiez)

Vegetable price volatility:influences on chain functionality. (Cornelia Alboiu)

Discussion

11:00 Pause

11:30 Transformations in Land use (Lucian Luca/ML Ghib)

Discussion

12:30 Lunch

13:30 Social and Political Transformations

Presentation of a sociological study of non agricultural entrepreneurs in the county Hateg(Monica Tudor)

Family farm succession in two Transylvanian villages- what future for the structure of smallholdings? (Krystyna Larkham)

Discussion

16:00 Pause

16:30 Pogany Havas Milk Presentation

Field Trip

 

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Saturday 13th August

 

09:00 Environmental Transformations

Using the IDEA method to assess the agro-ecological sustainability of Romanian farms   (Camelia Gavrilescu)

Evolution of pastoral activity in the Marginimea Sibiului (Amalia Pavalescu, Mirela Stanciu, Caroline Juler)

Discussion

11:00 Pause

11:30 Natura 2000 Workshop (Laci Demeter)

13:00 Lunch

14:00 CAP workshop: CAP post 2013 : towards a reconfiguration of aid for rural zones ? (Animation Marie-Luce Ghib)

15:30 Plenary Discussion and Policy Conclusions

17:00 The end

18:00 Film Screening : Mountain Hay Meadows

20:00 Dinner

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