L’agroécologie : trajectoire et potentiel Pour une transition vers des systèmes alimentaires durables

The aim of this paper is to define a conceptual framework for agroecology. There are two components to our approach. The first one proposes an analysis of what agroecology encompasses today, how its definition evolved, and in which sociohistorical contexts it emerged and is currently developing. The second one sets the outlines of agroecology’s interdisciplinary approach. This entails a set of principles that should guide research in support of the development of agroecology and a series of medium-term prospects for research in the European context. This paper’s ultimate aim is to set a working framework. As such, it is also an invitation to have the various scientific communities concerned by the subject take part in dialogue with each other, with the agricultural professions and public administrations so as to allow for the diversity of practices involved, and with civil society and political circles.