“Doing Like Firms”, focusing on the emergence of pig producers’ groups in France during the 1960s.

As part of the SSAs seminar series, we will welcome Marc-Olivier Deplaude (UMR Moisa) for a presentation entitled “Doing Like Firms”, focusing on the emergence of pig producers’ groups in France during the 1960s. Drawing on the first major statistical surveys conducted by the French Ministry of Agriculture, this talk offers a socio-historical perspective on the pig farming sector prior to the modernization plans of the 1970s. It highlights farm structures, farmers’ technical choices, and the transformations shaping the agricultural world at that time.