Chambre d'agriculture du Lot-et-Garonne

What Chambre d'agriculture du Lot-et-Garonne does

Chambre d'agriculture du Lot-et-Garonne is a semi-public departmental agricultural institution headquartered in Agen, southwestern France, operating as the local node of the national Chambres d'agriculture de France network. It delivers advisory services, training programs, and administrative accompaniment to farmers and agricultural operators across the Lot-et-Garonne department.

The organization's service portfolio spans the full agricultural lifecycle: production support (animal husbandry, crop production, irrigation and water management, organic agriculture, energy), farm establishment and succession services (including the Répertoire Départ Installation), regulatory compliance (Certiphyto phytosanitary certification, phytosanitary advisory), training (calendar of formations), financial aid processing (PAC, PCAE, calamités agricoles, GNR fuel subsidies, crisis distillation aid), agritourism promotion (Marché des Producteurs de Pays, Bienvenue à la Ferme, Repas des Producteurs), viticulture professional services, and agricultural employment placement. The chamber also organizes the National Blonde d'Aquitaine 2026 national cattle competition.

Revenue is sourced primarily from mandatory French agricultural chamber taxes, government and regional subsidies, and service fees for training and advisory work; pricing is not publicly disclosed. GTM is community-led, with services delivered through scheduled in-person consultations at the Maison de l'agriculture headquarters, mobile on-site visits, group training sessions, and self-service website content. The organization is led by President Karine Duc, has a 45-person staff, and serves a single region within France.

Name

Chambre d'agriculture du Lot-et-Garonne

Legal name

Chambre d'agriculture de Lot-et-Garonne

Website

https://lot-et-garonne.chambre-agriculture.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Chambre d'agriculture du Lot-et-Garonne is a semi-public departmental agricultural institution in Agen, France, providing advisory, training, regulatory, and financial-aid services to farmers and agricultural operators across the Lot-et-Garonne department as part of the national French Chambers of Agriculture network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Advisory Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Crop Production (11511)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainability & ESG / Carbon & Conservation Program Advisory (AFACAJAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Yield Optimization & Crop Performance Consulting (AFACABAC), Irrigation & Water Use Efficiency Agronomy (AFACABAF), Carbon, Sustainability & Farm Certification Support (Agro-Environmental Advisory) (AFACABAL)

Keywords

• Agricultural advisory services
• Farm establishment support
• Agricultural training programs
• Financial aid facilitation
• Agritourism promotion

Headquarters

HQ city

Agen

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Public institutional funding: As a French Chamber of Agriculture, the organization operates as a public institution funded through mandatory agricultural taxes, government subsidies, and service fees for training and advisory services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Chambre d'agriculture du Lot-et-Garonne is a semi-public departmental institution that delivers agricultural advisory services, professional training, regulatory compliance support, and financial aid facilitation to farmers in the Lot-et-Garonne department. Its core offerings include technical advisory on livestock and crop production, irrigation, organic farming, and energy; farm installation and transmission services; Certiphyto certification training; facilitation of EU and national agricultural subsidies (PAC, PCAE, Calamités agricoles, GNR); agritourism programs; viticulture paid services; and agricultural employment placement.

Product overview

Chambre d'agriculture du Lot-et-Garonne is a public institutional organization providing comprehensive agricultural advisory and support services to farmers in the Lot-et-Garonne department. The organization offers a broad portfolio of services organized into key areas: production support (animal and crop farming, irrigation, organic agriculture, energy), farm establishment and succession services, training and certification programs (Certiphyto), financial aid assistance (PAC, PCAE, disaster relief, fuel subsidies), agritourism promotion, viticulture services, and employment services. The organization also organizes the National Blonde d'Aquitaine 2026 cattle competition. Services are delivered through individual advisories, group training, financial assistance programs, and institutional communications including press releases and newsletters.

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Products and services

• Agricultural Production Advisory Services Technical advisory and support services covering livestock production (Productions animales), crop production (Productions végétales) including orchard renovation, irrigation and water management, organic farming transition, energy-related advisory, and phytosanitary regulation compliance for farmers in Lot-et-Garonne.
• Farm Installation and Transmission Services Support services for prospective and exiting farmers covering farm establishment (S'installer en agriculture), farm succession and transfer planning (Transmettre son exploitation), the Répertoire Départ Installation (RDI) directory matching sellers with prospective buyers, and financial and administrative assistance for new agricultural installations (Aide à l'installation).
• Certiphyto Training and Certification Program Training and certification program for responsible pesticide use, delivered as part of the Chamber's professional development offerings for agricultural operators.
• Training Calendar (Calendrier des formations) Calendar-based catalog of agricultural professional development courses and continuing education sessions offered throughout the year.
• Financial Aid Facilitation Services Advisory and administrative support for accessing agricultural financial aid programs including the European Common Agricultural Policy (PAC), the Plan de Compétitivité des Exploitations Agricoles (PCAE), agricultural disaster compensation (Calamités agricoles), crisis distillation assistance for wine producers, and the Gazole Non Routier (GNR) fuel subsidy.
• Agritourism Promotion Programs Programs promoting on-farm experiences and direct farm sales, including Repas des Producteurs (producer meals), Marché des Producteurs de Pays (local producers' market organization), and Bienvenue à la Ferme (farm welcome network for farm visits and local product sales).
• Viticulture Paid Services (Prestations Viticulture) Fee-based professional services specifically designed for viticulture operations, offered as commercial prestations under the Chamber's service portfolio.
• Agricultural Employment Services Job placement and matching services for agricultural employment, covering both permanent agricultural jobs (Emplois agricoles) and seasonal worker recruitment (Emplois saisonniers), including OMI (Office des migrations internationales) procedures.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

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No

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Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• ARVALIS - Institut du végétal: France's leading technical research institute for field crops, providing agronomy R&D and technical advice that overlaps with the chamber's crop advisory services.
• Chambres d'agriculture de France (APCA): National umbrella network for all French chambers of agriculture; serves as the institutional parent, sets policy direction, and centralizes advocacy for departmental chambers like Lot-et-Garonne.
• Cerfrance: Major French agricultural accounting and business-management advisory network competing for the management and financial-advisory share of farmer demand that the chamber also serves.

Direct peers

• Chambre d'agriculture de la Gironde: Neighboring departmental chamber of agriculture in Nouvelle-Aquitaine providing the same statutory advisory, training, and financial-aid support services to farmers, with overlapping viticulture and crop focus.
• Chambre d'agriculture de la Dordogne: Adjacent departmental chamber of agriculture offering the same institutional service portfolio (advisory, installation, training) to farmers in a similarly rural French department.
• Chambre d'agriculture des Landes: Departmental chamber of agriculture operating under the same statutory framework as Lot-et-Garonne, delivering parallel farm advisory, training, and CAP support services.
• Chambre d'agriculture du Gers: Adjacent departmental chamber with directly parallel services covering crop/livestock advisory, PAC/PCAE support, and agritourism in a comparable rural Nouvelle-Aquitaine/Occitanie border region.
• Chambre d'agriculture du Tarn-et-Garonne: Neighboring departmental chamber of agriculture sharing the same statutory mandate, public funding model, and service structure for fruit, viticulture, and crop producers in southwestern France.

Others

• FNSEA Nouvelle-Aquitaine: Regional federation of the National Federation of Farmers' Unions; a key policy counterpart and lobby body that intersects with the chamber's institutional advocacy and farmer-representation function.

Emerging players

• Groupama d'Oc: Regional agricultural mutual insurance group that bundles advisory and risk-management services for farmers, partially overlapping with the chamber's farm management support mandate in southwestern France.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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Investors

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