Multiple agro-environmental functions targeted by policy-makers in two agricultural regions (2009)
Marraccini, E., Galli, M., Rapey, H., Lardon, S., Bonari, E.
In Europe it is evident how much the functions of landscapes are defined by complex and region-specific interactions of natural processes with human activities. In this research we aimed to identify...
Dedieu, B., Ancey, V., Bommel, P., Cournut, S., Dobremez, L., Faye, B., ...
The dynamics of change in livestock farming are central to the challenge of sustainable development in many territories in grassland and pastoral regions. The vitality of these territories is highly...
Landscape elements: can they help in selling protected designation of origin products ? (2008)
Vollet, D., Candau, J., Ginelli, L., Michelin, Y., Menadier, L., Rapey, H., ...
The approach adopted aims to explain the way in which emblematic elements of landscape can contribute to valorise a product of certified origin. Drawing on the findings of sociological, geographic,...
Experiences from a winter school on landscape agronomy: stakes, difficulties, perspectives (2008)
Rapey, H., Lardon, S., Galli, M., Moonen, C., Benoit, M., Thenail, C., ...
In the latest fifteen years, agronomic research has shown a growing interest for studies which link farm or field scale to landscape scale. Thus, agronomy is called to renew its research questions...
A method to appraise multiple agro-environmental functions in farming regions (2008)
Marraccini, E., Rapey, H., Galli, M., Lardon, S., Bonari, E.
In the latest decades there has been a growing interest by local managers in implementing and monitoring agro-environmental policies on their farming areas. This generates a need to develop...
Dobremez, L. (coord.), Aznar, O., Candau, J., Ernoult, C., Ginelli, L., Guerreiro, F., ...
/ L'objectif de cette étude est de caractériser les liens entre des paysages et des produits dont la qualité est certifiée par un cahier des charges. Sur deux terrains et produits, le fromage AOC...
Dobremez, L. (coord.), Aznar, O., Candau, J., Ernoult, C., Ginelli, L., Michelin, Y., ...
/ L'objectif de cette étude est de caractériser les liens entre des paysages et des produits dont la qualité est certifiée par un cahier des charges à partir de l'exemple de la marque viande...
Guéringer, A., Rapey, H., Houdart, M., Bigot, G., Josien, E., Landré, F.
Over the last 15 years livestock farms in Europe have faced considerable changes in their socio-economic environment. Furthermore, many of these farms are situated in areas with heavy environmental...
Rapey, H., Guéringer, A., Gresset, F., Houdart, M., Josien, E., Bigot, G.
In breeding areas of medium mountains, the fodder system of the farms is marked by agro-climatic and structural constraints. For future, one of the strong stakes is in the capacity of these farms to...
In France, since about fifteen years, the agricultural produces with stamp of quality and origin grow. In same time, the social demand for agricultural maintenance of landscape increases and...
Rapey, H., Dobremez, L., Candau, J., Vollet, D
/ Les professionnels des filières AOC affirment volontiers que leur produit, ancré à un territoire, est un « produit de qualité dans un paysage de qualité ». Dans le contexte actuel de...
Servière, G., Rapey, H., Frappat, B.
/ De grandes diversités d'origine et d'expérience scientifique et technique, d'ancrage géographique et institutionnel caractérisent les partenaires du projet de recherche ADD-Trans. Un des enjeux...
Landscape designed by farming systems: a challenge for landscape agronomists in Europe (2007)
Benoit, M., Mignolet, C., Herrmann, S., Rizzo, D., Moonen, C., Barberi, P., ...
As agronomists, we are concerned by the landscapes seen as a result of human decisions. So, landscape is for us human-made and the main driving forces of landscape design processes are farming...
Rapey, H., Dobremez, L., Ernoult, C., Perret, E.
Many agricultural production sectors seek to affirm the taking root of their product in the territory displaying "a product of quality in an environment of quality", but the nature of the links...
Vollet, D., Candau, J., Ginelli, C., Michelin, Y., Ménadier, L., Rapey, H., ...
/ La démarche proposée vise à expliciter de quelle façon des éléments paysagers emblématiques peuvent contribuer à la constitution d'un modèle général des biens complexes territorialisés....
Rapey, H., Dobremez, L., Ernoult, C., Perret, E.
/ Depuis une quinzaine d'années, les produits agricoles sous signe de qualité se développent et représentent un enjeu économique, social, voire environnemental, fort pour l'agriculture et les...
Marraccini, E., Rapey, H., Galli, M., Lardon, S., Bonari, E.
In the European socio-political context, various demands on agricultural functions appeared, particularly on environmental aspects. As land-use changes are determinant for these environmental...
Rapey, H., Josien, E., Lardon, S., Servière, G., Fiorelli, C.
In areas where a large proportion of the land is used for farming, such as in European countries, evaluating links between farming activities and landscape multifunctionality is delicate and complex....
Rapey, H., Fiorelli, C., Josien, E., Lardon, S., Serviere, G.
Because of the content diversity done to the multifonctionality of agriculture, it`s generally difficult to objectivize and compare regards on several functions, in and between territories. The...
Rapey, H., Lardon, S., Josien, E., Servière, G., Fiorelli, C.
For European managers, one current question is the evaluation of farms contribution to multifunctionality, and policy impact on dynamics of these contributions. One of the difficulties for this...
Rapey, H., Josien, E., Lardon, S., Servière, G., Fiorelli, C.
In areas with large part of farming land-uses, as in European countries, the evaluation of the links between farms activities and multifunctionality of landscape is a sensitive question. But, the...
Rapey, H., Lardon, S., Josien, E., Serviere, G., Fiorelli, C., Klingelschmidt, F., ...
To increase the consideration of the agriculture multifunctionality by the concerned stake-holders, her spatial and temporal diversity and variability all over the farms area must be understood and...
With the increases in farm size and reduction in the agricultural workforce, moutain agro and silvopastoral systems evolve toward simpler forms of farming. It also favours an increase of scrub and...
Rapey, H., Klingelschmidt, F., Josien, E., Lardon, S., Serviere, G., Fiorelli, C.
For some years now, in response to new social demands, agricultural policies have recognised and tended to favour the environmental and social functions of agriculture, and more generally, the...
Rapey, H., Josien, E., Lardon, S., Fiorelli, C., Serviere, G., Klingelschmidt, F., ...
Preserving the environmental functions of agriculture in a grassland area needs an original approach on the farm users and uses. Because the environmental functions depend on characteristics at a...
Rapey, H., Lardon, S., Josien, E., Servière, G., Fiorelli, C., Le Coz, F., ...
This work target to increase the understanding of the spatial and temporal variability of agriculture multifonctionality linked to farms dynamics. A characterization method is developed and applied...
Rapey, H., Josien, E., Lardon, S., Servière, G.
Our research work take place in the french research project on Multifunctionality of agriculture INRA-Cemagref-Cirad from 2002 to 2004.It proposes and tests an analysis framework of farms land...
Fulfillment conditions of farming multifunctionality on an area are little known and identified. In the present and evolving farming context, elaboration of methods and references is necessary. Our...
Rapey, H., Josien, E., Lardon, S., Serviere, G.
This paper presents one of the works realized and supported by the French research program on farm multifunctionality coordinated by Inra-Cemagref-Cirad in 2002. This contribution for the first year...
Balandier, P., Rapey, H., Ruchaud, F., De Montard, F.X.
In the last decades in Western Europe the intensification of agricultural production has led to the abandonment of less productive land such as upland areas. In response to this dereliction,...
Rapey, H., Pierson, L., Josien, E., Serviere, G.
In the land-derelicted areas, the conditions for the sustainability of livestock production and land upkeep are not strictly established. The simultaneous development of these two main functions...
Rapey, H., Pierson, L., Josien, E., Serviere, G.
In the land-derelicted areas, the conditions for the sustainability of livestock production and land upkeep are not strictly established. The simultaneous development of these two main functions...
Dobremez, L., Josien, E., Mathieu, A., Rapey, H.
This is a synthetical and critical presentation of the papers of the session n°6 of the 19th General Meeting of the European Grassland Federation (La Rochelle, 27-30 May 2002). The three plenary...
Rapey, H., Josien, E., Serviere, G.
In the land-derelicted areas, the control of fallows and preservation of land upkeep are often a "subproduct" of farming wanted by managers in charge of the rural development. This "subproduct" is...
Approche régionale de la multifonctionnalité de l'agriculture : le cas du Massif Central (2002)
Callois, J.M., Rapey, H., Vollet, D.
To answer to the general goal of this work, which is to provide case studies varied on the multifonctionnal nature of agriculture in the Massif Central (mountainous areas in center of France), two...
Among the different types of spaces with leisure activities, visitors are unaware of productive function of woody spaces especially, although their ecological or leisure function is admitted. The...
Rapey, H., Fiorelli, C., Josien, E., Lardon, S., Serviere, G.
Since few years, the multifunctionality of agriculture is a new way of research, needing adaptations of methods and elaboration of references. Our work present a method to caracterise the...
Observations et analyse sur la variabilité de la récréation en forêt (2002)
In the present context, forest recreation demands increase and become more and more diversified on large and large areas. The objective of this study is to help to define priorities for management of...
Rapey, H., Lifran, R., Valadier, A.
Silvopastoral farming practices as an answer to land and forest abandonment in disadvantaged areas have been suggested by forestry and agricultural development and research bodies, but such practices...
For a few tens of years, the urban concentration and the mobility of the populations has favoured new uses of rural areas. In the case of forest leisure activities, the variety of the concerned areas...
An analysis on diversity of recreation use of forest has been realised. Results show that: 1- state of access roads strongly determines visitors numbers, 2- path beacons favour walkers and vehicles...
Why use agroforestry in European mountains? (2000)
Balandier, P., Rapey, H., Ruchaud, F.
In the last decades in Western Europe the intensification of agricultural production has led to the abandonment of less productive land such as upland areas. In response to this dereliction,...
The objective of this thesis was to delineate the economic conditions that favour the adoption of new associations of agriculture and forestry in farms. The starting hypothesis was that what farmers...
De Montard, F.X., Rapey, H., Delpy, R., Massey, P.
Competition for light, water and nitrogen between hazel trees and cocksfoot grown under the trees was studied in two hazel plantations managed in different ways. The first plantation with a light...
Simulating integration of agroforestry into livestock farmers` projects in France (1999)
Drawing on almost one hundred contemporary farmers' experiences, within a french agroforestry experimental network, socio-economic and ecological approaches are combined to assess a set of...
In order to answer to the increase of abandoned land in disadvantaged areas, new associations of farm and forest management are tested, but scarcely put into practices. To check their feasibility at...
De Montard, X., Balandier, P., Rapey, H., Lucot, F., Drouot, J.P.
Tree-on-pasture plantation and management for quality timber are studied in France and Western Europe from ten years about. Studies have mainly concerned tree establisment, protection, thinning and...
Drawing on 15 contemporary agroforestry farms, within four regions of France (Boulonnais, Auvergne, Languedoc, Provence), different ways of integrating cropping, grazing and forestry (labour...
L'agroforesterie en France : CD-Rom (1999)
Trees, crops or livestock breeding are sometimes mixed on the same plot, voluntarily by the user. This practice is called agroforestry. To discover traditional or experimental forms of agroforestry...
Problématique de recherche sur les systèmes sylvo-pastoraux du Massif-Central (1998)
Balandier, P., Dupraz, C., Rapey, H., De Montard, F.X.
The abstract gives a brief description of the experiments run by the Cemagref and INRA on the fast growing broadleaves plantations in pasture and thinning in dense forests to introduce grazing...
For an economic evaluation of tree-sward-animal associations, it is necessary to use an original economic method to take into account the non-market rationality of the land-owner, and the specific...
Balandier, P., Rapey, H., Guitton, J.L.
Since 1989, trial planting of valuable tree species has been experimented on grazing prairies in France, mainly in Auvergne and Languedoc-Roussillon. These trials were born out of a marriage between...
A resource dynamics model has been built to predict the overall effect of agroforestry plantations development on livestock farms. Several land management scenarios were drawn up, according to...
Auclair, D., Etienne, M., Bergez, J.E., Dupraz, C., Rapey, H., Willis, R.
An interdisciplinary research team developed a silvopastoral modelling work on experimental and current temperate systems, to understand and simulate impacts. A large and diversified experimental...
Nouveau regard sur la tradition sylvopastorale en Lozère (1997)
Lifran, R., Rapey, H., Valadier, A.
A research program develops an economic analysis on different silvopastoral systems. In some mountain region of Lozere(France), grazing under natural forest of scots pine is a particularly old and...
Lifran, R., Rapey, H., Valadier, A.
A research program develops an economic analysis on different silvopastoral systems. In some mountain region of Lozere(France), grazing under natural forest of scots pine is a particularly old and...
Balandier, P., Rapey, H., Agrech, G., Guitton, J.L., Dauzat, M., Dupraz, C.
Different plastic shelter tubes protecting trees against animals are available. Unfortunately they induce growth unbalance which among them a shoot elongation to the detriment of diameter growth. The...
Guitton, J.L., Balandier, P., Rapey, H., De Montard, F.X.
For six years, Cemagref has been developing in Auvergne (France) a program of research/development in agroforestry in two ways : plantation of fast growing deciduous trees on pastures and opening of...
The experimental context of timber culture on grazed grassland in Europe limits adaptive and economic analysis on agroforestry situation. In Auvergne (France), a survey on a private experimental and...
Amélioration des tubes abris protégeant les jeunes arbres contre les animaux (1995)
Balandier, P., Guitton, J.L., Rapey, H.
Protecting young trees against domestic herbivores (liverstock) or wild herbivores (deer) as well against rodents is a continuous preoccupation in all plantations. Various types of plastic tree...
Rapey, H., De Montard, F.X., Guitton, J.L.
An account is given of trials in the Auvergne (France) in which three plantations were opened up to grazing by means of thinning followed by grass sowing and fertilizer application. Two plantations...
Les vergers à bois précieux en prairie pâturée : objectifs, principes et références (1994)
The agricultural and forest context is evolving . New land uses are likely to appear. Since 1988, experimental networks of timber tree plantations on pasture have been set up by Cemagref and Inra....
Rapey, H., Guitton, J.L., De Montard, F.X.
For rural zones in crisis, INRA and Cemagref have been experimenting, since 1988, in timber tree cultivation for high quality wood production or agricultural land, in Languedoc-Roussillon and...
Guitton, J.L., Dupraz, C., De Montard, F.X., Rapey, H.
A brief resume is given of the growth of good quality Pinus radiata timber in New Zealand in conjunction with animal husbandry (either dairy cows or sheep). The potential for such silvopastoral...
Broad leaved tree plantations on pastures : the treeshelter issue (1993)
Dupraz, C., Guitton, J.L., Rapey, H., De Montard, F.X., Bergez, J.E.
Wide-spaced tree planting on pastures is the most researched agroforestry scheme at the moment in France and Great Britain. Low treestocks (about 100 stems/ha) allow high and sustained inter-row...
Demain l'association arboriculture élevage une nouvelle forme de mise en valeur (1992)
De Montard, F.X., Guitton, J.L., Rapey, H.
A more harmonious integration of wood production in the animal farming network, and the re-integration of grazing in the management of young softwood populations previously thinned, have been, for a...