- Sustainable Farm Management
- Innovation, Learning and Sustainability
- Adaptation and Resilience of Family Farms in Africa
- +۳ مورد دیگر
Mohamed GAFSI is a Professor of Management Sciences at the National Higher School of Agricultural Education of Toulouse-Auzeville (ENSFEA) and a permanent member of the Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Solidarity, Societies, Territories (LISST), specifically within the Rural Dynamics team. His work focuses on sustainable farm management through analysis of farmers' strategies, innovations in production systems, and conditions for improving sustainability via collective action and learning processes across diverse agricultural contexts in France and Africa. Professor GAFSI's research spans productivist agriculture, organic farming, and subsistence farming, employing intervention research approaches with quantitative and qualitative methods. He is renowned for his contributions to the IDEA4 method for farm sustainability assessment, which provides scientifically valid, pedagogical tools for evaluating sustainability levels and identifying change levers in farming systems. His work bridges theoretical frameworks with practical applications in agricultural management and sustainability transitions. His recent publications reveal strong thematic continuity around sustainable agricultural systems, with particular emphasis on animal traction as part of sustainable production models, the emergence of biosourced value chains (especially hemp, wool, and leather), and the application of sustainability assessment methods in agricultural education. The IDEA4 framework serves as a unifying thread across his scholarly output, demonstrating consistent methodological rigor and practical relevance. Professor GAFSI actively supervises doctoral research with 5 theses currently in progress and contributes extensively to academic service through scientific committees for conferences and seminars, including the SFER 'Journées' in Montpellier (2010), the SFER-DEVAB colloquium on organic agriculture in Strasbourg (2011), and the ACTA-INRA seminar on crop-livestock systems in Toulouse (2013). He serves as a reviewer for leading journals including Agricultural Systems, Cahiers Agricultures, and Journal Rural Studies. As part of LISST's Rural Dynamics team, Professor GAFSI collaborates with researchers across France and internationally, particularly in West and Central Africa, to understand how family farms adapt to changing environmental, economic, and social conditions. His work on the adaptation and resilience of family farms addresses critical challenges related to climate change, market integration, and sustainability transitions in agricultural systems.









