Urban-rural linkages and their future: impacts on agriculture, diets and food security

Olivier Mora (), Frédéric Lançon () and Francis Aubert ()
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Olivier Mora: DEPE - Délégation à l'Expertise scientifique collective, à la Prospective et aux Etudes - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique
Frédéric Lançon: UMR ART-Dev - Acteurs, Ressources et Territoires dans le Développement - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - UPVM - Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 - UPVD - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia - UM - Université de Montpellier - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Francis Aubert: CESAER - Centre d'Economie et de Sociologie Rurales Appliquées à l'Agriculture et aux Espaces Ruraux - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement, Département d'Economie et Sociologie - ENESAD - Etablissement National d'Enseignement Supérieur Agronomique de Dijon

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Abstract: Recent debates on food and agricultural issues emphasize the significance of the spatialization of food systems and location of agriculture. In this emerging food system geography, urban-rural relationships play a significant role in food value chains, food security and nutrition, which is still poorly understood. This presentation explores these issues based on rural-urban scenarios at 2050. This research combines two approaches: a comprehensive scientific review of urban and rural changes, and a foresight method based on an expert group. Our results focus on four main future figures: megacities and rural-urban blurring; role of intermediate urban centres in agri-food networks; household mobilities and multi-activities between urban and rural areas; counter-urbanization and re-agrarianization. These four scenarios help to understand how distinct issues might be articulated, and to better differentiate what is at stake for agriculture and food security in those specific forms of urban-rural relationships.

Keywords: urban-rural scenarios; spatiality of food systems; urbanization; mobilities; rural nonfarm activities; re-agrarianisation; agriculture and food security (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-09-14
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Published in Food Security: Meanings, Practices and Policies, Agriculture in an urbanizing society, Sep 2015, Rome, Italy

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