What Peasant Solidarity does

Solidarité Paysans is a French non-profit association network founded in 1992 that provides defense, accompaniment, and support services to farmers facing economic, legal, administrative, or social difficulties. Operating as an association loi 1901 reconnue d'intérêt général, the network spans 13+ regional and departmental associations covering all French metropolitan regions, including Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Bretagne, Grand-Est, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, and PACA. The national headquarters is in Bagnolet (104 rue Robespierre, 93170), with regional offices in Saint-Baldoph, Perthes, and Pomeys, among others. Its service portfolio includes legal defense through judicial procedures (Tribunal judiciaire, sauvegarde, redressement judiciaire), debt restructuring, preservation of social rights (RSA, prime d'activité, health coverage, housing), administrative support, professional reconversion guidance, agroecological transition accompaniment, and collective mobilization. Delivery is built on a distinctive volunteer pair (binôme de bénévoles) accompaniment model that provides confidential, long-term support focused on farmer autonomy and choice, grounded in popular education principles.

The organization's business model relies on tax-deductible donations from individuals and organizations, memberships, and public grants from regional councils, departmental councils, and institutional partners such as the Fondation Crédit Coopératif and MSA (Mutualité Sociale Agricole). Services are provided free of charge to farmer beneficiaries; there is no pricing model. The national office operates with approximately 8-9 salaried employees including coordinators, jurists, and mission heads (communication, agroecology, psychosocial support, training), while frontline accompaniment is delivered primarily by volunteer pairs across regional associations. The network has formalized increasingly structured partnerships — including co-publication of the September 2024 study 'L'injuste prix de notre alimentation' with Secours Catholique, Réseau CIVAM, and Fédération Française des Diabétiques — and has begun cross-border exchanges with Belgium's Agricall Wallonie. The technology footprint is minimal: the organization uses a website, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, and podcast/video content for awareness, but offers no software products. There is no proprietary technology platform; the core 'product' is human accompaniment.

Name

Peasant Solidarity

Legal name

Solidarité Paysans

Website

https://solidaritepaysans.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Solidarité Paysans is a French non-profit network founded in 1992 that provides free legal, financial, and social accompaniment to farmers facing economic, administrative, or personal difficulties, delivered through 13+ regional associations across all French regions via volunteer pairs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bagnolet

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Memberships: The organization operates as a nonprofit association (reconnue d'intérêt général) that relies on donations from individuals and organizations. Donations are tax-deductible under French law.
2. Public Funding and Grants: Receives support from public institutions including regional councils and departmental councils for regional operations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Solidarité Paysans is a non-profit association network providing free defense, accompaniment, and support services to farmers in economic, legal, administrative, or social difficulty. The organization helps farmers with debt management, judicial procedures (sauvegarde, redressement judiciaire), preservation of social rights, professional reconversion, and transitions toward agroecological practices. Services are delivered primarily through volunteer pairs (binômes) who accompany farmers on their farms, by phone, or via email, supported by a small team of paid staff including jurists and coordinators.

Product overview

Solidarité Paysans is a non-profit association network that provides defense, accompaniment, and support services to farmers facing economic, legal, administrative, or social difficulties. The organization does not offer technology products but rather human-centered support services including legal assistance, debt management counseling, social rights preservation, agricultural practice advisory, training for volunteers, and awareness campaigns through cultural events and publications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Farmer Accompaniment and Defense Service
• Debt Management and Restructuring Support
• Social Rights Preservation Service
• Agroecology Transition Support
• Emergency Response Service
• Awareness and Cultural Events Program

Named customers4 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Secours CatholiquecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2024Co-published the study 'L'injuste prix de notre alimentation' in September 2024, revealing the hidden costs of food prices and links between access to healthy food and fair farmer remuneration. Continued collaboration including podcast production.
• Réseau CIVAM (Centres d'Initiative pour la Valorisation de l'Agriculture et du Monde rural)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2024Co-published the study on food pricing and participates in joint events including debates, film screenings, and collective actions on agricultural issues.
• Fédération Française des DiabétiquescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2024Co-published the study on unjust food pricing, bringing perspective on consumer health and access to quality food.
• MSA (Mutualité Sociale Agricole)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2024Partnership through convention linking the organizations. MSA des Alpes was represented at Solidarité Paysans Pays de Savoie AG, with operational links being developed between MSA's social action and the association's farmer support.
• Agricall WalloniemajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 June 2023Belgian partner for farmer support and mental health. Collaboration on Franco-Belgian exchange day, sharing practices on farmer accompaniment, with potential for Interreg VI program cooperation.
• BiocoopminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2019Selected by Biocoop as beneficiary of 'don militant' (militant donation) operation in 2019. Continued partnership including presence at Biocoop stores for outreach.
• ADDEAR du RhôneminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-organizes events including the Fête de l'installation paysanne in Rhône.
• Réseau AMAP Auvergne Rhône-AlpesminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-organizes events including the Fête de l'installation paysanne.
• AFOCG Ile de France (Association de Formation Collective à la Gestion)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerTraining partner providing accounting and management training to farmers and volunteers, particularly targeting women in agriculture for decision-making autonomy.
• Femmes Relais 08minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-constructed project on women's place in agriculture and rural areas, including events like International Women's Day activities in Sedan.
• GAEC Le Bouquet SavoyardminorGTM or Marketing PartnerLocal producer market that donates portion of proceeds to Solidarité Paysans Pays de Savoie, covering nearly the annual cost of supporting one farmer in difficulty.
• Chambre d'Agriculture de SavoiemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost organization for Solidarité Paysans Pays de Savoie employee Thomas BERTIN since January 2020.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• FNSEA: Main French agricultural union, representing the majority of farmers nationally. Operates at much larger scale on farmer representation, but Solidarite Paysans addresses distress cases (debt, judicial procedures) that touch the same constituency.
• Chambres d'agriculture: Public agricultural advisory network present in every French department, including hosting Solidarite Paysans Pays de Savoie staff at the Chambre d'Agriculture de Saint-Baldoph. Overlaps with Solidarite Paysans on farm advisory but with a much broader, public mandate.
• MSA (Mutualité Sociale Agricole): France's social security body for the agricultural sector. While far larger and statutory, MSA is a natural overlap with Solidarite Paysans on farmer social-action, debt, and health support and is an active convention partner.

Emerging players

• Confédération Paysanne: Second-largest French farm union, focused on small and medium farms and agroecology. Comparable audience and advocacy posture to Solidarite Paysans, though organized as a union rather than an accompaniment nonprofit.
• FADEAR: Federation supporting peasant agriculture installation and durability, tied to the Confédération Paysanne. Overlaps with Solidarite Paysans on farm-transition and durable-installation missions.
• Terre de Liens: French nonprofit preserving farmland access and supporting new farmer installations. Comparable nonprofit structure, target audience (struggling or transitioning farmers), and funding-mix approach.
• Réseau CIVAM: Federation of grassroots rural and agroecology associations. Co-published the September 2024 food-pricing study with Solidarite Paysans and shares overlapping farmer-transition and rural-vitality missions.

Direct peers

• Agricall Wallonie: Belgian farmer support organization with an explicit Franco-Belgian cooperation with Solidarite Paysans. Provides directly comparable farmer accompaniment and mental-health support services across a neighboring jurisdiction.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/SolPaysans
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/solidaritepaysans27
• Instagraminstagram.com/solidaritepaysans
• Facebookfacebook.com/SPauvergne

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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