An EU (LEREPS – Université Toulouse 1 Capitole) / Canada (SEDRD – University of Guelph) team compared Canadian and French policy approaches to protecting suburban-fringe farmland. Both systems face problems: devaluation of the agricultural value chain in Canada, and conflict between farmers and planners in France.
Farmland on the edges of cities is under pressure from urban expansion. Such growth permanently removes prime agricultural land from production, severely threatening agricultural sustainability.
Further information: Protection of fringe farmland