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Agroecology has become a trendy word in political and media discourse and the subject of international debates, but its meaning remains unclear. This article defines this experimental science and explains its substance, and then goes on to examine how and to what extent agricultural law has allowed it to enter the political arena. It explains why agricultural Frenc Law and UE agricuktural Policy struggles to offer a secure and comprehensive framework for agroecology whereas this multi-disciplinary, complex and systematic science is looking to the future and aims to protect future generations.
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Agriculture , Policy , Humans , ForecastingABSTRACT
The development of Territorial Food Strategies, like the French “Projets Alimentaires Territoriaux”, implies proposing new tools to support local decision-making. The FRUGAL set of indicators has been specifically developed for this purpose: to provide an expertise capacity to local actors and a knowledge base to understand their local food system and to develop and revise their food strategy. In this paper, we present the theoretical elements that made it possible to design and structure this set of indicators; the method for developing these indicators; and how this tool can be used by urban participants wishing to use it for a local diagnosis.
