International audienceThe "Terroir approach": for research-trainingaction method. The sharing of knowledge between researchers and practitioners, and the training of local development actors, are important issues for the valuation of territorial resources and rural development. The concept of terroir, which is very traditional in France, but is also now extending internationally, in connection with the establishment of protected geographical indications, has undergone a didactic analysis, to study the role it could have on training projects. The current educational research demonstrates that, beyond the understanding of the concept of terroir, the value of using the concept resides in the establishment of a researchdevelopment training , called "terroir approach
