About actors and methods in an epistemological framework specific to participatory action research

Players involved

The project brought together conventional, organic and biodynamic winegrowers from Westhalten (WES, France), Dambach-La-Ville (DLV, France), Tüllinger Berg (TUL, Germany) and Muttenz (MUT, Switzerland). Also involved were nature conservation NGOs (WES, DLV, TUL), members of environmental protection institutes (TUL), water agency or viticulture-agronomy advisors (WES, DLV, TUL, MUT), and agricultural and viticultural training professionals (WES, TUL, MUT). On the scientific side, researchers in education and training science, epistemology, agronomy-biometry, molecular vine physiology, weed science and soil microbiology were gradually mobilized as questions were reformulated and projects developed. People from private companies specializing in seed production, the sale of vine health products and metabolic analysis also contributed...