Benoît Dedieu is Director of Research at INRAE (French National Research Institute for agriculture, food and the environment). He has conducted research into the ways in which livestock farming systems adapt (management choices, practices and performance), taking into account changes in the economic (demand from sectors, price volatility) and environmental (extensification, agro-ecology, climate variability) contexts, as well as the socio-structural dynamics of farms (expansion, reorganisation of the workforce). In particular, it has studied how technical choices integrate the preservation of adaptive capacities to short-term hazards and long-term uncertainty, as well as several aspects of farmers' work (productivity, duration, organisation, personal well-being). This research was carried out in close collaboration with the Institut de l'Elevage and professional partners. The main areas of study have been grassland and mountain areas in France, but also South America (Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil), and recently Africa. Since its creation in 2017, he has chaired the International Association on Work in Agriculture and organised two international symposia on the topic (2016, 2021).