Agrifood transitions in the Anthropocene : challenges, contested knowledge, and the need for change / edited by Allison M. Loconto and Douglas H. Constance.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Loconto, Allison, editor.

Constance, Douglas, editor.

Series:

Sage studies in international sociology ; 70.

SAGE studies in international sociology ; 70

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable agriculture--21st century.

Sustainable agriculture.

Food security--21st century.

Food security.

Food supply--21st century.

Food supply.

Physical Description:

xxii, 388 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Sage, [2024]

Summary:

"The greatest challenges of the 21st century stem from the fact that we are now living in the new epoch: the Anthropocene. The human footprint on the planet can no longer be denied. One of the greatest and most essential human innovations, agriculture, is being increasingly recognised as a leading contributor to climate change. According to global governance bodies, the world will need to feed a predicted nine billion people by 2050. However, in this Anthropocene, we must address the environmental inequalities in how these people will be fed. This book explores our current societal struggles to transition towards more sustainable agrifood systems. It suggests that debates around sustainable agriculture must be social as well as technical, exploring the growth of social movements campaigning for more democratic food systems. However, as each chapter demonstrates, both the problems and the solutions in sustainable agriculture are highly contested. Using the term, 'agrifood' to capture the nexus between research, governance and the environment, this book provides an in-depth and wide-ranging account of current research around agricultural production and food consumption." -- Back cover

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781529680157

1529680158

OCLC:

1432328083

Publisher Number:

99996551076