L’analyse des filières agroalimentaires : méthodes et premiers résultats

This work aims at presenting the main tools and results of a “commodity systems” analysis in the agro-food sector. The notion of commodity system used here is mainly a general method of investigations requiring jointly the utilization of systems approach, industrial organization and management. The results while focusing on the role of the “big” distribution and the strategies of adaptation of the producers-suppliers enable us to better understand the farm products marketing problems and consequently the main changes in the location of productions.