Lydie Launay is a lecturer in the department of sociology of the Institut National Universitaire Jean-François Champollion, in Albi (France), and a member of the LISST research unit (CNRS).

Max Rousseau is a politist and geographer at the Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD; French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development).

Hovig Ter Minassian is a lecturer in the department of geography of the University of Tours (France), and a member of the CITERES research unit (CNRS).