Sustainable Agriculture

Ingram, Julie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0712-4789 (2025) Sustainable Agriculture. In: Elgar Encyclopedia of Food and Society. Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham ; Massachusetts, pp. 456-460. ISBN 9781800887428

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Abstract

Sustainable agriculture aims to address the three sustainability pillars: a healthy environment, economic profitability, and social and economic equity. Sustainable agriculture is hard to define and is associated with a great variety of different discourses, views, models or paradigms. Rather than a set definition, this entry shows how the concept is now framed according to various sets of principles. Seen as a contested concept, the debate about what constitutes sustainable agriculture is framed by two contrasting positions: eco-centric and techno-economic, each of which are characterised by different systems and practices of production, underlying values and connectedness to society. An established and strong agri food regime can act to both appropriate elements of sustainable agriculture and to block innovative solutions and a full transition. The concept of sustainable agriculture continues to be reimagined as new challenges and technologies emerge.

Item Type:	Book Section
Subjects:	S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General)
Divisions:	Schools and Research Institutes > Countryside and Community Research Institute
Depositing User:	Anna Kerr
Date Deposited:	30 Sep 2025 10:22
Last Modified:	30 Sep 2025 10:26
URI:	https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/15370

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