[en] The development of renewable energies in the agricultural sector is now a shared ambition in order to achieve the objectives set by the Energy Transition Act. However, this development, including photovoltaics, cannot be done without taking into account the need to preserve agricultural land. In response to these challenges, the notion of 'agrivoltaics' which qualifies the coupling of a secondary photovoltaic production to a main agricultural production with a demonstrable operating synergy, has emerged within the French photovoltaic sector. In view of the growing interest linked to this new market sector for photovoltaics, this study aims to characterize photovoltaic projects on agricultural land and to define precisely this notion of agrivoltaics. It was based on a bibliographic review, interviews with farmers and photovoltaic developers, and the involvement of a committee of experts specifically set up to monitor this work