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Filières alternatives dans la production laitière: reconfiguration des réseaux et autonomisation des producteurs

English title Alternatives in the Swiss dairy industry: reconfiguring networks and producers empowerment
Applicant Forney Jérémie
Number 142481
Funding scheme Ambizione
Research institution Hochschule für Agrar-, Forst- und Lebensmittelwissenschaften HAFL Berner Fachhochschule BFH
Institution of higher education Berne University of Applied Sciences - BFH
Main discipline Ethnology
Start/End 01.01.2013 - 31.12.2014
Approved amount 383'510.00
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All Disciplines (3)

Discipline
Ethnology
Sociology
Agricultural Engineering

Keywords (5)

Alternative agrifood networks; dairy farming; Switzerland; empowerment; embeddedness

Responsible applicant and co-applicants

Employees

Publications

Publication
Enacting Swiss Cheese: About the multiple ontologies of local food
Forney Jérémie (2016), Enacting Swiss Cheese: About the multiple ontologies of local food, in Leheron Richard (ed.), Routledge, London/New York, 65-81.
Introducing ‘Seeds of Change’ into the Food System? Localisation Strategies in the Swiss Dairy Industry
Forney Jérémie, Haeberli Isabel (2016), Introducing ‘Seeds of Change’ into the Food System? Localisation Strategies in the Swiss Dairy Industry, in Sociologia Ruralis, 56(2), 135-156.
Is “local” enough? New localised food networks in the Swiss dairy industry
Forney Jérémie, Haeberli Isabel (2014), Is “local” enough? New localised food networks in the Swiss dairy industry, in 11th European IFSA Symposium: Farming systems facing global challenges: Capacities and strategies , BerlinIFSA, IFSA-online.
Neoliberal natures on the farm: Farmer autonomy and cooperation in comparative perspective
Forney Jérémie, Stock Paul, Emery Steven, Wittman Hannah (2014), Neoliberal natures on the farm: Farmer autonomy and cooperation in comparative perspective, in Journal of Rural Studies, 36, 411-422.

Collaboration

Group / person Country
Types of collaboration
CSAFE/University of Otago New Zealand (Oceania)
- in-depth/constructive exchanges on approaches, methods or results
- Publication
Kansas University United States of America (North America)
- Publication
University of Birmingham, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Europe)
- Publication
Centre for Rural Studies, Trondheim Norway (Europe)
- in-depth/constructive exchanges on approaches, methods or results
- Publication

Scientific events

Active participation

Title Type of contribution Title of article or contribution Date Place Persons involved
XIV WORLD CONGRESS OF RURAL SOCIOLOGY 2016 Talk given at a conference Good farmers, good products. Reconnecting farmers’ self-representations and food qualities 10.08.2016 Toronto, Canada Forney Jérémie;
XIV WORLD CONGRESS OF RURAL SOCIOLOGY 2016 Talk given at a conference The “Good Farmer” concept: past, present and future 10.08.2016 Toronto, Canada Forney Jérémie;
Séminaire de la SGA 2015: Les buts de la politique agricole Talk given at a conference ‘My job is food production’: the Swiss agricultural policy and the (un-)changing spirit of farming 16.04.2015 Bellizona, Switzerland Forney Jérémie;
SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM ON LOCAL RIGHTS AND GLOBAL POLITICS Talk given at a conference How to reconcile good farming and agri-environmental policies? Some thoughts about Food, knowledge and autonomy 13.05.2014 Center for rural research, Trondheim, Norway Forney Jérémie;
Solidarity, Reciprocity, and Economy in times of downturn: Understanding and Articulating the logics of Old and New Values in Late Capitalism Talk given at a conference Renewing dairy cooperatives in time of crisis 04.02.2014 Barcelone, Spain Forney Jérémie;
rencontre de la plateforme de sociologie rurale SGA-SSE Individual talk Filières alternatives dans la production laitière: Reconfiguration des réseaux et autonomisation des producteurs 05.11.2013 Berne, Switzerland Forney Jérémie;
25 ESRS Congress 2013: Rural resilience and vulnerability: the rural as locus of solidarity and conflict in time of crisis Talk given at a conference New local-based initiatives in the Swiss milk industry: Investigation on networks and positions of milk producers 29.07.2013 Florence, Italy Forney Jérémie;
25 ESRS Congress 2013: Rural resilience and vulnerability: the rural as locus of solidarity and conflict in time of crisis Talk given at a conference Reinventing the wheel or developing new paradigms? Market deregulations and Farmers’ initiatives in the Swiss dairy industry 29.07.2013 Florence, Italy Forney Jérémie;


Knowledge transfer events

Active participation

Title Type of contribution Date Place Persons involved
L’agriculture dans les aires urbaines :Vers un programme de recherche suisse/ Landwirtschaft in urbanen Räumen : Zu einem Schweizer Forschungsprogramm Workshop 10.12.2014 Lausanne, Switzerland Forney Jérémie;
Plateforme Agroécologie: Agriculture paysanne, alimentation et environnement Talk 16.01.2014 Neuchâtel, Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland Forney Jérémie;


Communication with the public

Communication Title Media Place Year
Media relations: radio, television En pente raide! Espace 2- RTS Western Switzerland 2015
Media relations: radio, television En ligne directe: Paysan, un métier sans avenir? RTS La Première Western Switzerland 2013

Associated projects

Number Title Start Funding scheme
157414 New directions in agri-environmental governance: re-assembling food, knowledge and autonomy 01.06.2015 SNSF Professorships

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