RECONFIGURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF LEGUME PRODUCTION TOWARDS A CIRCULAR BIOECONOMY

Francisco Garrido-Garza; Nicolas Befort; Allison-Marie Loconto

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DOI

10.29327/9786527226680.1449238

Título do Trabalho

RECONFIGURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF LEGUME PRODUCTION TOWARDS A CIRCULAR BIOECONOMY

Autores

Francisco Garrido-Garza
Nicolas Befort
Allison-Marie Loconto

Modalidade

IRSA - Congresso Mundial de Sociologia Rural (01/10/2025 a 20/01/2026)

Área temática

IRSA 06 - Reconfigurations and technoscientific disputes in contemporary agri-food assemblages

Data de Publicação

06/08/2026

País da Publicação

Brasil

Idioma da Publicação

pt-BR

Página do Trabalho

https://www.even3.com.br/anais/sober-irsa2026/1449238-reconfiguring-the-development-of-legume-production-towards-a-circular-bioeconomy

ISBN

978-65-272-2668-0

Palavras-Chave

circular bioeconomy, reconfiguration, legumes, firms, transitions

Resumo

The concept of circular bioeconomy (CBE) emerged in the last decade through the integration of circular economy and bioeconomy features. It refers to the economic model that promotes sustainable and efficient bio-based resource management while simultaneously transforming waste into new bio-based products. Although this represents both a promise and expectation for sustainable development, the role of CBE in promoting sustainable food systems remains underexplored. In this context, we investigate how the development of legume production contributes to the development of a CBE, considering the ecological functions of legumes in the field (e.g., nitrogen fixation to the soil, cover crop, green manure) in addition to the growing demand for plant proteins and plant-based products. These aspects highlight the potential of legumes to enhance the environmental performance of agricultural systems while advancing ecological and dietary transitions. As the introduction of legumes in this way implies a transformation of the value chain organization, we ask how market initiatives reconfigure the resource management and infrastructures to support such development. We draw on theories of reconfiguration and transition management to interpret our findings, by framing experimentation, generalization, and destabilization as subprocesses of reconfiguration. By this perspective, we examine the roles of intermediary organizations and communities in adding, redeploying, recombining, and divesting resources and business units. This framework is applied to the case study of French firms involved in the production and intermediation of lentils and chickpeas. We collected qualitative data from farmer and stakeholder groups using a mixed-methods approach, involving interviews, review of monographs, and online sources (websites and social media). Our contribution to literature on CBE, sustainable food systems, strategy, and sustainability transitions lies in our socio-lexical analysis of organizational dynamics, through which we aim to identify and highlight innovative agri-food assemblages emerging from reconfiguration processes.

Título do Evento: 16th World Congress of Rural Sociology and 64th Congress of the Brazilian Society of Rural Economics, Management and Sociology
Cidade do Evento: Porto Alegre
Título dos Anais do Evento: Anais do 64º Congresso da SOBER e XVI Congresso Mundial de Sociologia Rural (IRSA)
Nome da Editora: Even3
Meio de Divulgação: Meio Digital
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GARRIDO-GARZA, Francisco; BEFORT, Nicolas; LOCONTO, Allison-Marie. RECONFIGURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF LEGUME PRODUCTION TOWARDS A CIRCULAR BIOECONOMY.. In: Anais do 64º Congresso da SOBER e XVI Congresso Mundial de Sociologia Rural (IRSA). Anais...Porto Alegre(RS) UFRGS, 2026. Disponível em: https//www.even3.com.br/anais/sober-irsa2026/1449238-RECONFIGURING-THE-DEVELOPMENT-OF-LEGUME-PRODUCTION-TOWARDS-A-CIRCULAR-BIOECONOMY. Acesso em: 20/09/2026