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ID111664
Title ProperTowards a real sustainable agri-food security and food policy
Other Title Informationbeyond the ecological fallacies?
LanguageENG
AuthorMarsden, Terry
Publication2012.
Summary / Abstract (Note)The recent rises in food prices represent the 'tip of the iceberg' and a 'canary in the mine' moment for world agriculture. They are underlain by a continuing 'race to the bottom' and speculative process whereby systems of resource production and exploitation are continuing to rely upon 'infinite supply' assumptions and narrow technological solutions to 'feeding the world'. I argue here that these conditions are leading to a dominant policy framing that tends to marginalise diverse and place-based agro-ecological systems by creating a new legitimacy for bio-economic rather than eco-economic solutions. Government and policy-making bodies need to redefine and widen their approaches to agriculture and agri-food in ways that recognise its social, cultural, political and spatially diverse contribution in a post-carbon world.
`In' analytical NotePolitical Quarterly Vol. 83, No.1; Jan-Mar 2012: p.139-145
Journal SourcePolitical Quarterly Vol. 83, No.1; Jan-Mar 2012: p.139-145
Key WordsAgri - Food ;  Sustainability ;  Place - Making ;  Eco - Economy ;  Bio - Economy