WG3 – Work dynamics within and beyond the farm gate
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WG3 – Work dynamics within and beyond the farm gate

WG3 – Work dynamics within and beyond the farm gate

Work-related issues on farms and within their socio-technical networks are prompting a rethink of farm development pathways such as diversification. This working group aims to better understand i) how farm work is reconfigured by the expansion into non-agricultural activities and their embeddedness in socio-technical networks, including the reliance on external labour and services; ii) how these diversified farms promote attractive workplaces for workers, iii) share lessons learned across farm work contexts to identify common bottlenecks, successful strategies, and emerging patterns; iv) develop a research agenda on work dynamics, diversification, and socio-technical networks in agriculture, fostering interdisciplinary dialogue. Another purpose is to facilitate networking based on knowledge sharing to encourage future collaborations.

Convenors: Priscila Duarte Malanski (INRAE, France), Sylvie Mugnier (Institut Agro Dijon, France), Ezequiel Bernardo Gonzalez (INTA, Argentina), Marcos Horacio Easdale (CONICET, Argentina), Marcela Crovetto (CONICET, Argentina)

What does research say about work in livestock farms providing on-farm services?  
Priscila Malanski, Nathalie Hostiou 


Combining services and livestock : evidence of farmers’ activities diversification in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, France   
Priscila Duarte Malanski, François Johany Mirabal  


New diversification of livestock marketing methods: What adjustments for work organisation and technical management on farms?    
Hélène RAPEY, Sylvie MUGNIER, Catherine HUSSON   


Input Subsidies, Market Access, and Fertilizer Use in Indian Agriculture  
Enakshi Bera    


Short Food Supply Chains beyond the farm: Organizing the processing and marketing of animal products in territorialized agri-food chains    
Philippine Dupé, Romain Cocagne, Benoît Dedieu, Pierre Gasselin 
 

How Short Food Supply Chains reshape livestock farmers’ work organization over time 
Philippine Dupé, Benoît Dedieu, Pierre Gasselin
 

Reconfiguring work and labor within and between farm and off-farm activities 
Marine Chaillard 
 

Labor in mountain agriculture: developing niche markets between income generation, protection of natural resources and self-sufficiency  
Andreas Mandler, Giovanni Carabin, Francesco Fabio Nicolosi, Fabrizio Mazzetto  
 

Timing conflicts between agricultural work and downstream activities on farms involved in short supply chains    
Léo Perrette   
 

Networks for agroecological farm work: a relational-practice approach   
Júlia Tena Mensa   
 

Temporal Changes in Administrative Burden in Swiss Agriculture   
Sarina Altermatt, Stefan Mann, Sabine Liebenehm1, Jochen Kantelhardt   
 

Adaptation trajectories and work dynamics in dairy farming systems in medium-mountain areas   
Julio Cesar Damasceno, Benoit Dedieu, Chantal Chassaing, Priscila Malanski, Julie Duval   
 

Work Dynamics and Diversification in Mediterranean Olive Farming Socio-Technical Networks (case study of olive farms in Sardinia and Provence).   
FRANCA CORRIAS    
 

New generation farmers and farm diversification: rethinking gender relations. A case study in Quercy region, France.    
Chloé LE BRUN, Alexis Annès   

Publication date: 11 September 2026 | By: I Avelange