Titre : Farmers shape their own ecological landscape by planting trees, case study in South West of France » 

Auteurs : Mathilde Rue,  

Revue : Art and Science 

Numéro : Special issue</br> 

Volume : 4 

Date : 2020/01/14 

DOI : 10.21494/ISTE.OP.2020.0451 

ISSN : 2515-8767 

Résumé : Farming practices shape landscape. Farmers experience it in their everyday routine (Henry, 2012) and landscape is related to the living (“habiter”, Besse, 2009). Modern agroforestry which means land-use systems where woody perennials are deliberately integrated with crops and/or animals on the same parcel is encouraged for ecological reasons. How do farmers deal with it? Our study shows that agroforestry also could be chosen for benefitting the living environment or to communicate with the neighborhood (Rue, 2018). Agroforestry is an effective method of involving them in a design process on their territory. We have analyzed the adoption of Agroforestry by looking at designs, diversity with regard to farmers’ life course trajectory and its impacts at the Landscape scale. The aesthetic and affective (biographic) aspects of these projects need to be considered more and related to ecological values. 

Éditeur : ISTE OpenScience