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dc.contributor.authorThompson, John
dc.contributor.authorMillstone, Erik
dc.contributor.authorScoones, Ian
dc.contributor.authorEly, Adrian
dc.contributor.authorMarshall, Fiona
dc.contributor.authorShah, Esha
dc.contributor.authorStagl, Sigrid
dc.contributor.authorWilkinson, Jasmine
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-08T11:45:42Z
dc.date.available2013-03-08T11:45:42Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.identifier.citationThompson, J., Millstone, E., Scoones, I., Ely, A., Marshall, F., Shah, E. and Stagl, S. (2007) Agri-food System Dynamics: pathways to sustainability in an era of uncertainty, STEPS Working Paper 4, Brighton: STEPS Centreen_GB
dc.identifier.isbn9781858646537
dc.identifier.urihttps://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/2472
dc.description.abstractThe ‘modernist’ project that has come to dominate food and agricultural policy has failed to provide sustainable outcomes for many poor people in developing countries. Conventional agricultural science is not able to explain let alone address these concerns because it is based on a static equilibrium-centred view that provides little insight into the dynamic character of agri-food systems. This paper analyses how prevailing narratives of technological change and economic growth have come to dominate key food and agriculture policy debates. It seeks to counter these orthodox notions by emphasising that agri-food systems are embedded in complex ecological, economic and social processes, and showing how their interactions are dynamic and vulnerable to short-term shocks and long-term stresses like climate change. The paper makes the case for a deeper understanding of diverse ‘rural worlds’ and their potential pathways to sustainability through agriculture. Moreover, it argues for a normative focus on poverty reduction and concern for the distributional consequences of dynamic changes in agri-food systems, rather than aggregates and averages. Finally, it sets out an interdisciplinary research agenda on agri-food systems for STEPS that focuses on dynamic system interactions in complex, risk-prone environments and explores how pathways can become more resilient and robust in an era of growing risk and uncertainty.en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipESRCen_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherSTEPS Centreen_GB
dc.relation.ispartofseriesSTEPS Working Paper;No.4
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/en_GB
dc.subjectAgricultureen_GB
dc.titleAgri-Food System Dynamics: pathways to sustainability in an era of uncertaintyen_GB
dc.typeSeries paper (IDS)en_GB
dc.rights.holderSTEPS Centreen_GB
dc.identifier.externalurihttp://steps-centre.org/publication/agri-food-system-dynamics-pathways-to-sustainability-in-an-era-of-uncertainty/en_GB
dc.identifier.koha169141


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