Research article - Peer-reviewed, 2020
Sustainable agriculture and multifunctionality in South Australia's Mid North region
Dubois, Alexandre; Carson, DeanAbstract
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 developmentPublished in
Australian Geographer2020, volume: 51, number: 4, pages: 509-534
Publisher: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Authors' information
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Urban and Rural Development
Carson, Dean
Central Queensland University (CQUniversity)
Sustainable Development Goals
SDG2 Zero hunger
UKÄ Subject classification
Agricultural Science
Publication Identifiers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00049182.2020.1813960
URI (permanent link to this page)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/107867