Innovative Policy Regoverning Markets Canada Maple syrup production in Quebec: Farmer

Canada
Maple syrup production in Quebec: Farmer
self-determination for market control
Isabelle Gagné
L’Union des producteurs agricoles (UPA)
www.regoverningmarkets.org
Innovative Policy
Regoverning Markets
Small-scale producers in modern agrifood markets

MaplesyrupproductioninQuebec
Farmerself‐determinationformarketcontrol
IsabelleGagné
UPADirectiondelaCommercialisation

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RegoverningMarkets
RegoverningMarketsisamulti‐partnercollaborativeresearchprogrammeanalysingthegrowing
concentrationintheprocessingandretailsectorsofnationalandregionalagrifoodsystemsandits
impactsonrurallivelihoodsandcommunitiesinmiddle‐ andlow‐incomecountries.Theaimof
theprogrammeistoprovidestrategicadviceandguidancetothepublicsector,agrifoodchain
actors,civilsocietyorganizationsanddevelopmentagenciesonapproachesthatcananticipate
andmanagetheimpactsofthedynamicchangesinlocalandregionalmarkets.
InnovativePolicyseries
InnovativePolicyisaseriesofshortstudiesfromtheRegoverningMarketsprogramme
addressingaspecificpolicyinnovationinthepublicorprivatesectorthatimprovestheconditions
forsmall‐scaleproducerstoaccessdynamicmarketsatnational,regionalandgloballevel.
Thecasestudieswerecoordinatedby:
JulioBerdegué,RIMISP‐LatinAmericanCentreforRuralDevelopment,Chile(contact:
[email protected])
LucianPeppelenbos,RoyalTropicalInstitute(KIT),Netherlands(contact[email protected])
EstelleBiénabe,CentredeCoopérationInternationaleenRechercheAgronomiquepourle
Développement(CIRAD),France(contact:[email protected])
OtherpublicationseriesfromtheRegoverningMarketsprogramme
InnovativePractice
InnovativePracticeisaseriesofcountrycasestudiesprovidingexamplesofspecificinnovationin
connectingsmall‐scaleproducerswithdynamicmarketsatlocalorregionallevel.Basedon
significantfieldworkactivities,thestudiesfocusonfourdriversofinnovation:publicpolicy
principles,privatebusinessmodels,collectiveactionstrategiesbysmall‐scalefarmers,and
interventionstrategiesandmethodsofdevelopmentagencies.Thestudieshighlightpolicylessons
andworkingmethodstoguidepublicandprivateactors.
AgrifoodSectorStudies
Thesestudieslookatspecificagrifoodsectorswithinacountryorregion.Researchstudieshave
beencarriedoutinChina,India,Indonesia,Mexico,SouthAfrica,Turkey,PolandandZambia
coveringthehorticulture,dairyandmeatsectors.PartAofthestudiesdescribetheobserved
marketrestructuringalongthechains.PartBexploresthedeterminantsofsmall‐scalefarmer
inclusioninemergingmodernmarkets.Usingquantitativesurveytechniques,theyexplorethe
impactsonmarketingchoicesoffarmers,andimplicationsforruraldevelopment.
CountryStudies
Theseprovideasummaryofmarketchangestakingplaceatnationallevelwithinkeyhigh‐value
agrifoodcommoditychains.
FurtherinformationandpublicationsfromtheRegoverningMarketsprogrammeareavailableat:
www.regoverningmarkets.org.
Author
IsabelleGagné,UPADirectiondelaCommercialisation

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Acknowledgments
Fundingforthisworkwasprovidedby:
UKDepartmentforInternationalDevelopment(DFID)
InternationalDevelopmentResearchCentre(IDRC),Ottawa,Canada
ICCO,Netherlands
Cordaid,Netherlands
CanadianInternationalDevelopmentAgency(CIDA)
USAgencyforInternationalDevelopment(USAID).
Theviewsexpressedinthispaperarenotnecessarilythoseofthefundingagencies.
Citation:GagneI(2008).MaplesyrupproductioninQuebec:Farmerself‐determinationfor
marketcontrol,RegoverningMarketsInnovativePolicyseries,IIED,London.
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