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Authored by Anja Bless, Federico Davila, Roel Plant, this paper examines how Australia’s neoliberal economy may influence the adoption of regenerative agriculture practices, attempting to capture policymaker perspectives on the movement.
The drivers of regenerative agriculture are interrogated by interviewing 38 policymakers and farmers, and the influence of policy settings on these drivers is examined through analysing 244 government documents relating to regenerative agriculture.
These interviews and documents reveal that while minimal explicit support for regenerative agriculture exists among policymakers and institutions, economic and environmental co-benefits are widely acknowledged. This paper also finds that economic factors are the primary driver of regenerative agriculture in Australia, and discusses how policy support based on environmental stewardship and reciprocal relationality would trigger more sustainable growth than a reliance on economic incentives as the key driver.
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