Marie-Ève Gaboury-Bonhomme

Université Laval | ULAVAL · Department of Agri-Food Economics and Consumer Sciences

As far back as the 1980s, governments decided to stop providing free advisory services to farms, at which time private enterprises, cooperatives and farm associations took on a more important role in this regard. This article looks at the evolution of governance and policy-making relative to agricultural advisory services in Quebec, Canada. Althoug...

Organisation and provision of government agricultural consulting, either direct or in collaboration with other organisations (private, cooperative, or parapublic), are important aspects of the development of agricultural enterprise. In Quebec after the 1980s, the State no longer directly provides these services but retains control over their direct...

Organisation and provision of government agricultural consulting, either direct or in collaboration with other organisations (private, cooperative, or parapublic), are important aspects of the development of agricultural enterprise. In Quebec after the 1980s, the State no longer directly provides these services but retains control over their direct...

Political actors, both those from civil society (social groups, experts) and the public sector, understand reality through mental representations. These representations, named referentials (référentiels) by Muller (2009), interact with public policies and their instruments (financial and tax measures, laws and regulations, information, public servi...

Deliberative mini-publics (DMPs) have attracted growing attention from both researchers and practitioners in recent years. Their purpose is to assemble random groups of citizens, representing a cross section of society, in order to engage in discussions about policy issues and formulate recommendations. During these sessions, partici­pants are expo...

Cas Moisson Rive-Sud : Effets de la COVID-19 sur la chaîne d’approvisionnement d’une banque alimentaire au Québec

Au Québec, l’insécurité alimentaire est un enjeu de santé publique. Malgré le soutien de plusieurs ministères aux organisations communautaires et privées qui luttent contre l’insécurité alimentaire, elle perdure et s’est aggravée avec la pandémie de COVID-19. Cet article analyse la cohérence des politiques et interventions gouvernementales de lutte...

In Québec (Canada), more and more social groups want to influence agricultural development. Therefore, claims facing the agricultural sector are more numerous and diversified. Social groups' views correspond broadly to society oriented and sustainable agriculture. However, not all sustainability issues are integrated in government's and farmers' st...

Short paper prepared for the International Conference Agriculture in an Urbanizing Society, Rome, 14-17 september 2015

In Québec, a French speaking province of Canada, there are 30,675 farms. Historically, government action in the agricultural sector has dealt mainly with economic objectives: produce more at a lesser cost. Since the beginning of the 1990s, the agricultural policies have seen important changes due to new societal demands. The government adopted an o...

As far back as the 1980s, governments decided to stop providing advisory services to farmers. At the same time, private firms, co-ops and civil organizations took on greater importance. This article looks at the governance and advisory services in Québec, Canada. Although governments have stopped providing advisory services, they continued to fund...

Since the 1980s, the governments' involvement in agricultural advisory services changed. Depending on the country, it stopped its delivery or funding, or both simultaneously. Similarly, the private businesses and agricultural and third party organizations played a more important role. This communication identifies and discusses the forms of agricul...