Dubois, Alexandre
- Department of Urban and Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Abstract
This paper discusses the pathways to agri-food sustainability in the context of the historical broadacre farming region of Mid North South Australia. Using notions of sustainable agriculture and multifunctional rural transitions to explore the geohistorical development trajectory of the region, it discusses the tensions and opportunities inherent to the future of farming in the Mid North and their impact on community development. We aim to contribute to a wider reflexion on the role of territoriality in the sustainable food transition debate, and its relevance in a traditionally productivist but marginal landscape. The paper proposes an extensive review of the historical, agricultural, socio-economic and institutional contexts of regional Australia before discussing the farming future(s) of the Mid North. We use a typology of 'modes of occupance' to reflect upon the compatibility between the emergence of differentiated multifunctional rural spaces in the Mid North and the realisation of agri-food sustainability transitions across its territory.
Keywords
Sustainable agriculture; agri-food transitions; multifunctional rural spaces; South Australia; rural policy; community development
Published in
Australian Geographer
2020, volume: 51, number: 4, pages: 509-534
Publisher: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
SLU Authors
Global goals (SDG)
UKÄ Subject classification
Agricultural Science
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00049182.2020.1813960
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/107867