Whitfield, S and Marshall, A (2017) Defining and Delivering 'Sustainable' Agriculture in the UK after Brexit: Interdisciplinary Lessons from Experiences of Agricultural Reform. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 15 (5). pp. 501-513. ISSN 1473-5903
Abstract
Defining and achieving sustainability in the context of complex, multi-scale and constantly changing agricultural systems is a challenge for research and policy. In UK agriculture, the European Union and its Common Agricultural Policy has been a key source of funding for and approaches to sustainability in the agriculture and rural development sectors. The decision to leave the European Union represents a significant moment in UK agriculture and rural development policy, and both an opportunity and responsibility for the UK government to set out and commit towards achieving sustainability goals for the sector. In this study a combination of ethnographic case study research, focusing on the case of upland farmers in the Yorkshire Dales, policy analysis and national agricultural sector data is referred to in describing experiences of agricultural policy reform over recent decades. From these experiences lessons for the design and delivery of future agriculture and rural development are drawn out. It is argued that, the integrated assessment of multiple sources of knowledge can provide a means to critically reflecting on evidence about sustainability in complex systems, better understanding trade-offs, and creating a more complete and inclusive knowledge base from which to define sustainable agriculture.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2017 Taylor & Francis. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability on 12 June 2017, available online: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2017.1337837 |
Keywords: | Agricultural systems, sustainability, UK agriculture, interdisciplinarity, Brexit |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 16 May 2017 10:25 |
Last Modified: | 12 Jun 2018 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/14735903.2017.1337837 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:116431 |