New Directions in Sustainable Farmland Management

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New Directions in Sustainable Farmland Management

• ESRC Seminar Series

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Purpose

• To report on key themes raised by the seminar
• series
• International dimensions
• Information and knowledge
• Ethical production and production
• System approaches

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Key Seminar Issues

• Political context of agricultural restructuring
  and awareness of this.
• Vocabularies of farmland sustainability espec.
  Multifunctionality
• The continuing relevance of the state within
  participatory models of governance
• Understanding the relationship between
  soil/ecosystemto food.
• Integration of science, social-science lay
  knowledge
• Legitimate knowledge?
• Drivers of research agendas
• Value of modelling whole-farms/product lifecycles
  
• Role of ethical thinking in sustainability
• Scales of measurement
• Loss of agricultural production subsidies
• Tax Regime
• Sustainability indicators
• Relationship with community/non farmers