Section title: Handout – Creating a territorial ‘citizen’ farm

Category: Handout

Country: France

NUTS1 region: FRK Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Type of region: Predominantly urban

RUR actor group: New Entrants and Successors

Local authority role: Providing funding

Civil society organisation role: Providing infrastructure, Coordinating, Providing funding, and Lobbying

Single persons role: Entrepreneur

Politician role: Implementing policy

Rural development pathway: Multifunctional Agriculture, Rural-Urban Relations, Agroecology, and Human Capital

Access to land pathway: Supporting farmers before accessing land, Organising the accessibility of farmland, Steering land control towards specific uses, Securing access to land for individual farmers, and Supporting farmers after access to land

Rural development topic adressed: Mobilisation of financial resources, Lack of economic diversity, Stakeholder empowerment, Infrastructure, Local food supply, Human capital, Educational opportunities (formal, informal, vocational), Social inclusion, Lanscape preservation, Environmental conservation, and Access to land

Type of action: Policy (policy recommendation, political support, political capital), Community and knowledge sharing, Collective action (e.g. farm collectives, cooperatives), Producer-consumer partnership, short supply chain, alternative sales channel, Land portage, acquisition and management/stewardship, Education & training, Agroecology, Diversification: Food production & processing, and Farm incubator