Cooperation and competition among agricultural advisory service providers. The case of pesticides use

- A new equilibrium between cooperation and competition appears in the relationships among advisory organizations.
- The two organizations we focused on are the most strongly interconnected organizations in the area of Burgundian Bresse.
- They are constrained to cooperate in order to respond to State requirements and to achieve goals they can't accomplish alone.
- Competition takes place mainly within the context of individual advisory services based on front-office activities.
- Cooperation is found mainly in activities of small-group advisory services, and in activities to produce resource materials.