Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/17338
Title: A 'Fair Go' for Organic Agriculture in Australia?
Contributor(s): Bernzen, Amelie (author); Kristiansen, Paul  (author)orcid 
Publication Date: 2014
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/17338
Abstract: Over the recent past, increasing concerns have emerged in Australia regarding agricultural production methods that have been causing environmental damage, enhanced by extreme climatic conditions such as droughts and highly variable rainfall. This has triggered an increasing awareness of and calls for more environmentally sustainable agricultural practices. The area under organic management has tripled worldwide since the late 1990s, with Australia currently being the country with the largest area under organic management, most of which is extensive farming. This paper will discuss whether organic farming has had a 'fair go' in Australia. On the one hand, increasing demand for domestic produce is an incentive for more local production. On the other hand, for most sectors, organic farms in Australia remain smaller than large scale, export-oriented conventional enterprises, and for some organic commodities, supply remains stagnant. Conventional farms have historically received a higher level of support in the light of Australia's export potential of agricultural produce, an important contributor to the country's economic prosperity. However, support for organics, has been inconsistent, with government support being relatively low, particularly for research and development. The current regulatory system, primarily the standards, still causes some confusion among producers and consumers. Furthermore, there are still problems in providing a consistent supply of quality products, partly related to logistics and supply chain management. We conclude that for organic agriculture in Australia, the road may still be 'rockier' than for other parts of the world in achieving the full potential in production and distribution.
Publication Type: Conference Publication
Conference Details: Postcolonial Justice: Joint 14th Biennial GASt and 25th Annual ASNEL Conference, Potsdam and Berlin, Germany, 29th May - 1st June, 2014
Source of Publication: Postcolonial Justice International Conference Programme, p. 30-30
Publisher: Universitat Potsdam, Institut fur Anglistik und Amerikanistik [Potsdam University, Department of English and American Studies]
Place of Publication: Potsdam, Germany
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 070108 Sustainable Agricultural Development
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 300210 Sustainable agricultural development
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 829899 Environmentally Sustainable Plant Production not elsewhere classified
839899 Environmentally Sustainable Animal Production not elsewhere classified
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 260199 Environmentally sustainable plant production not elsewhere classified
100199 Environmentally sustainable animal production not elsewhere classified
HERDC Category Description: E3 Extract of Scholarly Conference Publication
Publisher/associated links: http://www.uni-potsdam.de/poco_justice/?page_id=167
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School of Environmental and Rural Science

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