Section title: Training in “Nature professions”: driving force for the rural regeneration of “Pays Coutançais” (FR6B) – 6B

Highlights:
Case study based on territorial approach starting from an educational structure (Nature Trades Campus)

Category: Case study

Country: France

NUTS1 region: FRD Normandy

Type of region: Predominantly rural

RUR actor group: Successors

Local authority role: Providing funding, Implementing policy, and Providing infrastructure

Civil society organisation role: Lobbying

Single persons role: Providing consultancy and Entrepreneur

Politician role: Providing funding, Implementing policy, and Providing infrastructure

Rural development pathway: Agroecology and Human Capital

Access to land pathway: Supporting farmers before accessing land and Supporting farmers after access to land

Rural development topic adressed: Stakeholder empowerment, Local food supply, Human capital, Educational opportunities (formal, informal, vocational), Social inclusion, Lanscape preservation, Environmental conservation, and Dreams of the youth

Type of action: Community and knowledge sharing, Farm incubator, Education & training, Agroecology, and Diversification: Food production & processing