Authors
David W Archer, Julie Dawson, Urs P Kreuter, Mary Hendrickson, John M Halloran
Publication date
2008/12
Journal
Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems
Volume
23
Issue
4
Pages
272-284
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Description
Agricultural systems are situated within social and political environments that have tremendous influence on how they operate. If agricultural systems are to be sustainable, it is critical to understand how they are influenced by social and political factors. An expert panel approach was used to identify and rank the importance of social and political factors on agricultural systems in the US and to provide some insights into their impacts, interactions and mechanisms of influence. The panel identified a wide range of social and political factors that affect agricultural systems. The factors were divided into three categories: internal social factors, external social factors and political factors. Factors from each of the three categories were highly ranked, indicating that no single category dominated the others. Although there were contrasting views about the importance of some factors, there was strong consensus about many of …
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