The implementation of agri-environment measures regionalised in France: a widening of democracy? The example of the regions Centre and Languedoc-Roussillon

We examine the change in agricultural policies through an analysis of the implementation of new territorialized environmental measures (MAET) in the Languedoc-Roussillon and the region Centre in France. Is the democratic enlargement of new processes effective? Does it enable the integration and inclusion of environmental concerns? Do dominant stakeholders (i.e. farmers groups) instrumentalize the design of these processes? This study compares two key MAET bodies - the regional environmental commission and the local steering committee - and challenges the relevance of structures and tools implemented in the social and political context and the mechanisms of empowerment deployed by the local stakeholders. Adapted from the source document.