Defending the social licence of farming : issues, challenges and new directions for agriculture / editors, Jacqueline Williams and Paul Martin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Williams, Jacqueline.

Martin, Paul.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable agriculture.

Agriculture--Environmental aspects.

Agriculture.

Agriculture--Social aspects.

Agriculture and state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Pub., 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The authors document the definition of and issues associated with the 'social licence to farm'.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; About the contributors; Scene Setting; 1 What is meant by the social licence?; 2 Understanding the social obligations of farmers; 3 The role of virtue in natural resource management; EXPERIENCE OF FARMERS; 4 Organic poetic licence: consumer moral norms driving farming systems; 5 Triple bottom line reporting in the irrigation sector; 6 Social licence issues in developing economies; 7 Retaining the social licence: the Australian cotton industry case study; 8 Farmers heal the land: a social licence for agriculture in Iceland

9 American agriculture's social licence to operate10 Soil conservation in Europe; Legal and Institutional Aspects; 11 Social licence and international law: the case of the European Union; 12 The state of social impact indicators: measurement without meaning?; 13 The business judgement rule and voluntary reporting; 14 The duty of care: an ethical basis for sustainable natural resource management in farming?; 15 Co-management as a social licence initiative; 16 A conceptual framework for sustainable agriculture; FUTURE DIRECTIONS; 17 Renegotiating farmers' social licence; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613321244

9780643104556

0643104550

9781283321242

1283321246

9780643104549

0643104542

OCLC:

730448600