CHAMBRE REGIONALE D'AGRICULTURE OCCITANIE

What CHAMBRE REGIONALE D'AGRICULTURE OCCITANIE does

Chambre Régionale d'Agriculture Occitanie is a French public administrative establishment (Établissement public à caractère administratif) governed by articles L. 513-1 and following of the French Rural Code. Created in 2016 in its current regional form following the merger of the Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrénées regions, the institution traces 100 years of history and serves as the official state-mandated body for agricultural advisory and policy implementation in the Occitanie region, designated as the 1st agricultural region of France.

The chamber operates a network of 14 departmental chambers plus its regional headquarters in Castanet Tolosan, providing advisory services, training, R&D, and innovation support across viticulture, livestock, arboriculture, agroenvironment, and farm management. Its digital product portfolio centers on SYNEL (a web and smartphone livestock herd management tool shared across 50,000 users in France), INOSYS (national farm typology system), and regional observatories including ORACLE (economic intelligence), SIQO (quality and origin signs tracking 262 specifications), and UNISSON (agroecological collectives). The chamber maintains strategic data partnerships with INRAe, DRAAF, IRQUALIM, InterBio Occitanie, and INAO, and operates multi-region collaborations (INOSYS Transfer, ARTEFACT) with chambers across France.

The organization's revenue model is professional services funded through public mandate taxation, state grants, and service fees for advisory and training. It serves 58,611 agricultural exploitations in Occitanie (2021 data) and facilitated 2,786 new farmer installations in 2022. Governance is provided by 76 elected representatives under President Denis Carretier and Directrice Cécile Vaugelade. The chamber does not compete commercially in private markets; its role is statutory service delivery to the agricultural sector with a digital modernization pathway reflected in product launches such as ORACLE's 2026 digital transition.

Name

CHAMBRE REGIONALE D'AGRICULTURE OCCITANIE

Legal name

Chambre régionale d'agriculture d'Occitanie

Website

https://occitanie.chambre-agriculture.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Chambre Régionale d'Agriculture Occitanie is a French public administrative establishment providing agricultural advisory, training, R&D, and observatories across the Occitanie region through a network of 14 departmental chambers, serving 58,611 farm exploitations as the 1st agricultural region of France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Advisory Services

NAICS

Farm Management Services (115116), Support Activities for Crop Production (11511)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Capital Projects & Farm Expansion Advisory (Feasibility, Site Planning, ROI) (AFACAJAN)

Keywords

• Agricultural advisory services
• Farmer training programs
• Agricultural research innovation
• Farm management tools
• Rural development services

Headquarters

HQ city

Lattes

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices15 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Public service funding and service fees: As a public administrative establishment (EPA) under the French rural code, the chamber is primarily funded through public mandates and service fees. Revenue comes from agricultural advisory services, training programs, and potentially some paid publications.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Chambre Régionale d'Agriculture Occitanie is a public administrative establishment that delivers agricultural advisory services, professional training, R&D and innovation programs, and farmer installation support across the Occitanie region. It operates a network of 14 departmental chambers and produces regional observatories on agricultural exploitations, quality-and-origin signs, and economic conjuncture. The chamber also deploys digital tools such as SYNEL (livestock herd management) and Mes Parcelles (farm parcel management) to support active farmers.

Product overview

Chambre Régionale d'Agriculture Occitanie is a regional public agricultural institution providing advisory services, training, R&D, and innovation support across viticulture, livestock, arboriculture, agroenvironment, and farm management. The organization operates a multi-platform digital service portfolio centered on SYNEL (web/smartphone livestock herd management for 50,000+ users), INOSYS (national agricultural typology and farm classification system), and observatories including ORACLE (economic observatory), SIQO (quality signs), and UNISSON (agroecology collectives). Key digital tools include Mes Parcelles for farm operational management and specialized web portals for agricultural data, R&D dissemination, and regional statistics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SYNEL Web and smartphone-based livestock herd management tool shared across 50,000 users in France, enabling farmers to record animal births, tag placements, milk/calf weighings, and manage regulatory compliance (identification, veterinary treatments, reproduction, and performance tracking) for bovine, ovine, and caprine herds.
• INOSYS National typology system of the Chambers of Agriculture producing knowledge and benchmarks on agricultural exploitation systems, updated with Agricultural Census 2020 data as 'INOSYS Nouveau Regard' to classify farm types across French territories.
• SIQO Observatory Observatory of productions under Signs of Identification of Quality and Origin in Occitanie, tracking 262 specifications including 95 in viticulture, operated in partnership with IRQUALIM, INAO, INRAe, InterBio Occitanie, and DRAAF.
• ORACLE Economic observatory providing economic analysis and market intelligence for Occitanie agriculture, recently transitioned to digital mode for enhanced accessibility.
• UNISSON Collective agroecology initiative supporting farmer groups in ecological transition through shared learning and sustainable practice networks.
• Agricultural Advisory Services Advisory services for active farmers covering farm management, exploitation piloting, PAC subsidies, and operational support delivered through the regional and departmental chamber network.
• Farmer Installation Support Point Accueil Installation, project development assistance, installation aid (DJA), and business planning services for prospective new farmers and farm transmissions.
• Professional Training Programs Training programs for agricultural professions, including 'Osez l'agriculture en Occitanie' portal, and programs supporting maître de stage, maître d'apprentissage, and farmer professional development.

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• IRQUALIMcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership in the observatory of productions under Signs of Identification of Quality and Origin (SIQO) in Occitanie. Joint data and competencies sharing since 2017.
• InterBio OccitaniecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in SIQO observatory and Regional Observatory of Organic Agriculture. Collaboration on organic farming support and data.
• INRAe - Observatoire du Développement Rural (ODR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on observatories for agricultural exploitations and active workers, using MSA data. Also partner for Installation-Transmission observatory.
• DRAAF OccitaniecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional agricultural directorate partnership for observatories, agricultural data, and policy implementation.
• INAOcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in SIQO observatory for quality and origin signs in Occitanie.
• INOSYS Partner Regional ChamberscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with regional chambers of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Hauts-de-France and Normandie on the INOSYS Transfer project for typology dissemination.
• ARTEFACT Partner ChamberscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-region collaboration including PACA, Ariège, Tarn, Gers, Occitanie, Gironde, Aude, Hautes-Pyrénées, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Hautes-Alpes, Bouches-du-Rhône, Var, Vaucluse, Lot, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Pyrénées-Orientales, Tarn-et-Garonne, Vienne, Gard on technico-economic references project.
• Institut de l'ElevageminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for INOSYS Réseaux d'élevage producing technical and economic references for herbivore farming systems.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• FNSEA: France's main farmers' union, representing agricultural producers nationally. Provides some advisory and representation services to farmers, overlapping partially with the chamber's mission though with a different governance model.
• La Coopération Agricole: National federation of French agricultural cooperatives. Adjacent organization serving similar farmer base on cooperative business models, structuring, and value chain integration. Indirect peer in the broader farmer support ecosystem.

Broad incumbents

• Assemblée Permanente des Chambres d'Agriculture (APCA): National umbrella body representing all French regional and departmental chambers. Coordinates policy, represents chambers at national level, and manages shared programs (INOSYS, SYNEL). Functions as the national-level counterpart to Occitanie's regional chamber.
• INRAE: France's national research institute for agriculture, food, and environment. Core partner on observatories and R&D with the Occitanie chamber (e.g., ODR, Installation-Transmission observatory). Comparable in its public mandate and agricultural knowledge production.
• Ministère de l'Agriculture et de la Souveraineté Alimentaire: French national ministry governing agricultural policy, PAC implementation, and oversight of the chambers network. Sets the regulatory framework within which the Occitanie chamber operates.
• CER France: Leading French agricultural accounting and advisory network providing farm management, economic, and tax advisory services to farmers. Competes on the farm management advisory function, though on a private cooperative model.
• MSA - Mutualité Sociale Agricole: French social security body for the agricultural sector. Provides farmer social protection, health, and retirement services. Key data partner for the chamber's observatories (MSA data feeds regional farm tracking).

Direct peers

• Chambre d'agriculture Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: Another regional French agricultural chamber operating under the same Rural Code mandate, providing advisory, training, R&D, and observatories to farmers in a comparable region. Identical legal structure, mission, and operational model.
• Chambre d'agriculture Bretagne: Regional agricultural chamber in Brittany with similar advisory, training, and R&D functions under the same French public mandate. Comparable structure and farmer services.
• Chambre d'agriculture Nouvelle-Aquitaine: Same public administrative establishment model serving Nouvelle-Aquitaine farmers, with comparable observatories and advisory services. Existing partner on INOSYS Transfer and ARTEFACT projects.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCmOB64b2gVy57qbj-tg9trA
• Facebookfacebook.com/ChambreRegionaleAgricultureOccitanie
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/chambre-regionale-d'agriculture-occitanie
• Instagraminstagram.com/chambre_agriculture_occitanie

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries13 records

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