Urban growth leads to decreases in area of farmland. In France, considerable attention is paid to this problem, including in frequent public policy debates. In this article, we explore issues associated with agriculture in 24 French periurban municipalities. We compare the treatment of agriculture in municipal policies by analysing urban planning documents and conducting in‐depth interviews with elected representatives. Our study reveals a high level of congruence between these two sources of information, confirming that planning documents are a sound proxy to identify municipalities' agricultural strategies. The study also shows both diverse degrees of municipal commitment to agriculture, which range from ignoring it to strongly supporting it, and diverse issues about agriculture that depend on local context and concerns.

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从无知到承诺：城市周边的城市如何应对农业？

城市增长导致耕地面积减少。在法国，对此问题给予了极大的关注，包括在频繁的公共政策辩论中。在本文中，我们探讨了法国24个郊区城市的农业相关问题。通过分析城市规划文件并与民选代表进行深入访谈，我们比较了市政政策中对农业的待遇。我们的研究揭示了这两种信息来源之间的高度一致性，证实了规划文件是确定市政当局农业战略的有效代理。该研究还显示了市政对农业的不同程度的承诺（从忽略农业到大力支持），以及有关农业的各种问题，这些问题取决于当地情况和关注点。