Peer-reviewedCC BY 4.0Innovations Agronomiques
Valuing benefits of Organic Farming: raise awareness among local elected officials with sustainability diagnoses
Abstract
Against a backdrop of pesticide contamination of the drinking water supply in Saffré (Loire-Atlantique) and declining demand for organic products nationwide, nine organic dairy farmers have formed an Economic and Environmental Interest Group (GIEE) to promote the benefits of their practices in preserving water resources. Their level of sustainability was assessed using the IDEA4 method to report on their individual performance (agroecological, socio-territorial and economic) and to compare the group with similar farms. The article also highlights how these results have been used to inform local elected officials, raising their awareness of the benefits of organic farming in protecting water resources from pesticide contamination.
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BibTeX
@article{philippe2026valuing,
title = {{Valuing benefits of Organic Farming: raise awareness among local elected officials with sustainability diagnoses}},
author = {Léa Philippe and Clément Gestin and Sydney Girard and Marie-Hélène Jeuffroy and Rosan de Lange and Éric Noury and Frédéric Zahm and Rémy Ballot},
journal = {Innovations Agronomiques},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.17180/ciag-2026-vol115-art12},
url = {https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-05844204v1},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Valuing benefits of Organic Farming: raise awareness among local elected officials with sustainability diagnoses
AU - Léa Philippe
AU - Clément Gestin
AU - Sydney Girard
AU - Marie-Hélène Jeuffroy
AU - Rosan de Lange
AU - Éric Noury
AU - Frédéric Zahm
AU - Rémy Ballot
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/29
JO - Innovations Agronomiques
DO - 10.17180/ciag-2026-vol115-art12
UR - https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-05844204v1
AB - Against a backdrop of pesticide contamination of the drinking water supply in Saffré (Loire-Atlantique) and declining demand for organic products nationwide, nine organic dairy farmers have formed an Economic and Environmental Interest Group (GIEE) to promote the benefits of their practices in preserving water resources. Their level of sustainability was assessed using the IDEA4 method to report on their individual performance (agroecological, socio-territorial and economic) and to compare the group with similar farms. The article also highlights how these results have been used to inform local elected officials, raising their awareness of the benefits of organic farming in protecting water resources from pesticide contamination.
SN - 1958-5853
SN - 1958-5853
ER -