Supporting farmers in their change to more sustainable practices requires dealing with the singularity of their situations. Taking advantage of local pedoclimatic and socioeconomic potential to build adapted solutions challenges the way agricultural advice is provided. Recent research on transition management shows that this requires the inclusion of change in the individual experience of farmers and the support of peer groups. The question that arises is how to articulate these individual and collective dimensions. In particular, how to ensure the groups are relevant and durable by readjusting their purposes to match the progress of the transition experienced by the farmers on their farms? We created a 5-step approach based on the concepts of “pragmatic inquiry” and “community of practice” to (1) clarify changes on their farms with the farmers, (2) map the changes, (3) record their surprises, and question (4) their collective action and (5) organisation. Its originality is to enable the reorientation of individual projects to be matched with that of the collective actions promoted by the agro-ecological transition. We tested this approach in 5 1-day workshops with 5 farmer groups who breed their own maize. Qualitative analyses of the materials produced and the workshop discussions revealed (1) the changes implemented by the farmers and what they valued, (2) the transition and the major transformations underway, (3) the way in which a collective redefines itself in this changing environment, and (4) the singular identity of each collective. Sharing these results between groups led to (1) a shift in the farmer’s perception of maize from a symbol of intensive agriculture to an important element in the diversification of farming systems, and (2) the realisation that group facilitation should go beyond breeding techniques, be more systemic, and reflect on the renewal of collective action and group identity.

支持农民转变为更可持续的做法需要处理他们的特殊情况。利用当地的土壤气候和社会经济潜力来构建适应性解决方案对提供农业建议的方式提出了挑战。最近关于过渡管理的研究表明，这需要将农民个人经历的变化和同龄群体的支持纳入其中。出现的问题是如何表达这些个人和集体维度。特别是，如何通过重新调整其目的以匹配农民在其农场所经历的过渡进程，以确保这些群体的相关性和持久性？我们创建了一个基于“务实探究”和“实践社区”概念的 5 步方法，以 (1) 向农民阐明他们农场的变化，(2) 绘制变化图，(3) 记录他们的惊喜，并质疑 (4) 他们的集体行动和 (5) 组织。它的独创性是使单个项目的重新定位能够与农业生态转型促进的集体行动相匹配。我们在 5 个为期 1 天的研讨会上对这种方法进行了测试，其中有 5 个种植自己的玉米的农民团体。对生产的材料和研讨会讨论的定性分析揭示了（1）农民实施的变革及其重视的东西，（2）转型和正在进行的重大变革，（3）集体在这种变化中重新定义自己的方式环境，以及 (4) 每个集体的单一身份。