What Chambre d’agriculture du Puy-de-Dôme does

Chambre d'agriculture du Puy-de-Dôme is a French departmental-level public institution that delivers agricultural advisory, regulatory, training, and administrative services to farmers and agricultural stakeholders in the Puy-de-Dôme department (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region), headquartered in Aubière. Its core offerings span the full farmer lifecycle: technical information services ("L'info technique") covering crops, irrigation, fodder, livestock buildings, renewable energy, organic farming, and agroforestry; Common Agricultural Policy (PAC) declaration support; the Mes Parcelles online parcel-management platform; training programs with financing pathways; farm establishment and succession (transmission) advisory; and short-circuit sales support. Local authorities are also served through a dedicated collectivities service line covering agricultural land planning and rural development. The organization is part of the national réseau des Chambres d'agriculture network, governed by elected agricultural professionals, and operates under the supervision of the French Ministry of Agriculture.

The Chamber's go-to-market is a hybrid of direct in-person advisory at its Aubière headquarters, on-farm field advisory by departmental agents, a self-serve digital portal (Mes Parcelles/SIGA_WEB), and annual convening events such as Les Semeurs de Bio and the Forum Installation Transmission. Marketing reach is anchored on its institutional website, Facebook (Chambagri63), and LinkedIn profiles. Pricing is not commercially disclosed: as a public institution, the Chamber is funded through mandatory professional taxes levied on farmers and supplemented by public subsidies, with no transactional fees to users for most advisory services. The technology footprint is administrative rather than innovative — comprising parcel data management and PAC declaration tooling — with no AI/ML, API, mobile app, or proprietary platform assets evidenced.

The Chamber operates in a defined regional monopoly position with a stated headcount of 37 employees, which is on the lower end for a French departmental chamber and suggests either a lean operating model or possible understatement of full-time staff. No revenue, funding, M&A, or partnership data was disclosed. Given the absence of disclosed financials, scale indicators, and digital-product maturity signals, the available evidence supports only a stable, mandate-driven operating posture rather than a growth or decline trajectory.

Name

Chambre d’agriculture du Puy-de-Dôme

Legal name

Chambre d'agriculture du Puy-de-Dôme

Website

https://puydedome.chambre-agriculture.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Chambre d'agriculture du Puy-de-Dôme is a French public agricultural institution that provides technical advisory, training, PAC declaration support, and parcel-management services to farmers and local authorities in the Puy-de-Dôme department, funded via professional taxes and public subsidies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Advisory Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Crop Production (11511), Support Activities for Animal Production (1152)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Agronomy Advisory & Field Services (Retailer-Affiliated) (AFABAJAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Water Efficiency Audits & Irrigation Performance Assessments (AFACAFAJ)

Keywords

• Agricultural advisory services
• Farm management consulting
• Agricultural training programs
• Rural development support
• Farm succession planning

Headquarters

HQ city

Aubière

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Chambre d'agriculture du Puy-de-Dôme is a public agricultural chamber providing advisory, information, and support services to farmers in the Puy-de-Dôme department of France. It offers technical agricultural information (crops, livestock, irrigation, organic farming), PAC declaration assistance, an online parcel management platform (Mes Parcelles), professional training programs, farm management and waste handling support, succession/transmission planning, and short-circuit sales advisory.

Product overview

Chambre d'agriculture du Puy-de-Dôme is a public agricultural organization providing a comprehensive suite of advisory, information, and support services to farmers in the Puy-de-Dôme department. The organization operates as a unified service platform offering multiple interconnected programs including L'info technique for technical agricultural guidance, PAC declaration services for subsidy applications, Mes Parcelles for parcel management, training programs for professional development, and specialized services for farm management, succession planning, and short-circuit sales. These services are designed to support farmers across the entire agricultural lifecycle from initial establishment through operation management and eventual farm transmission.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• L'info technique (Technical Information Service) Technical agricultural information service covering specialized domains including crops and soils, irrigation, fodder and meadows, livestock buildings, renewable energy, organic farming, agroforestry, wildlife and hunting, and technico-economic references. Targeted at farmers and agricultural professionals in Puy-de-Dôme.
• PAC Declaration Service (Déclaration PAC) Service enabling farmers to complete their Common Agricultural Policy (PAC) declarations for accessing EU agricultural subsidies. For farmers and agricultural professionals operating in the Puy-de-Dôme department.
• Mes Parcelles Online self-serve platform for farmers to access and manage agricultural parcel data, plot records, and regulatory tracking. Targeted at individual farmers and farm operators.
• Formation Services (Notre offre de formation) Agricultural training programs covering professional development, financing options for training, and practical information for farmers. Includes training financing information. Targeted at farmers, aspiring farmers, and agricultural professionals.
• Exploitation Management Services (Gérer son exploitation) Services helping farmers manage their agricultural holdings including waste management, agricultural plastic film collection (Collectes films plastiques), and general farm administration.
• Becoming a Farmer Services (Devenir agriculteur) Support services for individuals wanting to enter the agricultural sector, including guidance and resources for new farmers, addressing entry barriers, business planning, training requirements, and land access.
• Farm Transmission Services (Transmettre sa ferme) Services assisting farmers with succession planning and transferring their agricultural operations to new owners. Targeted at retiring farmers and farm succession candidates.
• Short Circuit Sales Services (Transformer et vendre en circuits courts) Support for farmers in processing and selling their products through direct and short supply chain channels. For farmers seeking to develop local and direct-to-consumer sales channels.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• FNSEA: France's main national farmers' union, which interacts closely with the Chamber of Agriculture as a parallel representative body for agricultural professionals.

Broad incumbents

• Assemblée Permanente des Chambres d'Agriculture (APCA): National umbrella organization for the French Chambers of Agriculture network, providing shared resources, advocacy, and national-level services that the Puy-de-Dôme chamber leverages and contributes to.
• InVivo: Large French agricultural cooperative group offering agronomy, distribution, and digital farm services to farmers, partially overlapping with the Chamber's agronomy advisory and farm development portfolios.

Emerging players

• Agrosolutions: Agricultural consulting firm providing agronomic, regulatory, and sustainability advisory services to farmers and agri-businesses, competing with the Chamber on technical and economic advisory work.
• CER France: Network of agricultural accounting and advisory associations that provide farm management, economic analysis, and regulatory support to French farmers, overlapping with the Chamber's farm management and PAC services.

Direct peers

• Chambre d'agriculture du Cantal: Adjacent departmental Chamber of Agriculture (Cantal) in the same broader Auvergne region, with a comparable livestock-heavy agricultural profile and similar advisory, training, and PAC service offerings.
• Chambre d'agriculture du Rhône: Sibling regional Chamber of Agriculture in the same Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, offering the same statutory mix of advisory, training, PAC declarations, and digital farm-management services to farmers in the Rhône department.
• Chambre d'agriculture de l'Isère: Neighboring departmental Chamber of Agriculture with a closely comparable service portfolio (technical advice, training, parcel management, transmission support) for farmers in the Isère department.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Chambagri63
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/chambagri63

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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