Horlings, L. G. and Marsden, Terry Keith ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0503-2039 2011. Towards the real green revolution? Exploring the conceptual dimensions of a new ecological modernisation of agriculture that could ‘feed the world'. Global Environmental Change 21 (2) , pp. 441-452. 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2011.01.004 |
Abstract
The challenge to produce enough food is more urgent than ever. We argue that the dominant food regime has responded to this challenge by a ‘narrow’ ecological modernisation process within agriculture which may decrease environmental effects to a certain extent, but also causes new negative side-effects and exposes some important missing links. In this paper we explore what might be a ‘real’ ecological modernisation process, including social, cultural, spatial and political aspects. The central question concerns: is there evidence in practice that agro-ecological approaches can contribute to the future demand for food production, especially in developing countries? We illustrate this by describing examples from Africa, Brazil and China, showing a rich variety of such approaches in agricultural practices. Our conclusion is that agro-ecological approaches could significantly contribute to ‘feeding the world’, and thereby contribute to a ‘real green revolution’; but that this requires a more radical move towards a new type of regionally embedded agri-food eco-economy. This is one which includes re-thinking market mechanisms and organisations, an altered institutional context, and is interwoven with active farmers and consumers’ participation. It also requires a re-direction of science investments to take account of translating often isolated cases of good practice into mainstream agri-food movements.
Item Type: | Article |
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Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | Sustainable Places Research Institute (PLACES) Geography and Planning (GEOPL) |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General) |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
ISSN: | 0959-3780 |
Last Modified: | 24 Oct 2022 11:21 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/47833 |
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