Resilience in agricultural policy and food governance

Abstract

A broad range of challenges at various spatial and temporal scales - including climate change, structural changes in economic systems, bio-security issues, demographic change and urbanisation - have pushed concerns about the resilience of agri-food systems to the centre of agri-food policy. This sub-topic addresses the issue of resilience at different levels: resilience of food governance and policy instruments; farming systems and farming practices; and the broader bio-economy. Which dimensions of resilience are at stake and to what extent? Are existing systems robust? Where is adaptation or even transformation required and how is this facilitated or inhibited by the increasing salience of the resilience concept and the 'bio-economy' perspective? We invite papers that combine conceptual reflections and empirical insights to address this debate.

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