Multifunctional agriculture : a transition theory perspective /

• Main Author: Wilson, G. A. 1961- (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2007.
• Subjects: Agriculture > Economic aspects.; Agriculture and state.; Agriculture > Environmental aspects.; Agricultural Economics.; Agricultural sector.; Economic theory.; Roles.; Structural change.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

Using a novel approach based on transition theory, this book establishes a link between multifunctionality and debates on the postulated transition towards 'post-productivism' in agriculture. It argues that multifunctionality can best be understood as a spectrum of decision-making bounded...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Theorising transition
• Transitions : social and natural science debates
• Reconceptualising transition : the complexity of transitory systems
• Productivist agriculture
• Post-productivist agriculture
• 'Post-productivism' or 'non-productivism'?
• Contemporary conceptualisations of multifunctionality
• (Re)conceptualising multifunctionality
• Multifunctional agricultural transitions.