In this article on the mean-term evolution likely for French farming, the writers attempt to put forward some arguments in favour of a point of view mid-way between the two usually held - that of the need to maintain an out- of-date form of farming and that of the development of agricultural capitalism. They advocate, in the general farming-food-industries framework, the development of an original social structure which integrates modern small- scale farming structures and cooperative structures in the food industries sector where capitalist production methods are dominant. They attempt to show that this original solution can be lasting and is desired by the dominant forces in the economy as a whole, for it fulfills basic needs. They devefo...