Regionalization and the rescaling of agro-food governance: Case study evidence from two English regions |
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| Authors: | Jo Little Brian Ilbery David Watts Andrew Gilg Sue Simpson |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Geography, University of Exeter, Amory Building, Rennes Drive, Exeter EX4 4RJ, United Kingdom;2. Countryside and Community Research Institute, University of Gloucestershire, Dunholme Villa, The Park, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL50 2RH, United Kingdom;3. Institute for Rural Research, Geography and Environment, University of Aberdeen, St Mary’s, Elphinstone Road, Aberdeen AB24 3UF, United Kingdom;4. Natural England, Victoria House, London Square, Cross Lanes, Guildford GU1 1UJ, United Kingdom;1. School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, 5th Floor Claremont Tower, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK;2. GPO Box 12293, Kathmandu, Nepal;1. Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 3DB, UK;2. University of Liverpool, UK;3. Royal Holloway, University of London, UK;4. Trinity College, Hartford, CT, USA;5. University of Nottingham, UK;6. Newcastle University, UK;1. Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway;2. University of Florence, Italy;3. Department of Global & Sociocultural Studies, Florida International University, USA;4. University of Reading, UK;5. University of South Carolina, USA;6. University of Liverpool, UK;7. Loughborough University, UK |
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| Abstract: | Some researchers detected a new-found subsidiarity in rural policy after England’s 2001 Foot and Mouth Disease epidemic, with regional and sub-regional institutions working together to implement an economic recovery strategy. While such research began to link debates on the new regionalism and the rescaling of agro-food governance, its conception of the latter focused too narrowly on the ‘turn to quality’, thereby overlooking other important aspects of food relocalisation. Based on interviews conducted in England’s South West and West Midlands regions, this paper examines whether the attitudes of key actors from regional and sub-regional governance institutions provided a sound basis for partnership working on the food relocalisation policies recommended in the Government’s Strategy for Sustainable Farming and Food. It finds different attitudes on the part of regional and sub-regional actors, with the former favouring regional foods and the latter local foods. Despite scepticism from both groups about the ability of the England Rural Development Programme (2000–2006) to promote food relocalisation, grants were awarded to both regional and local food entrepreneurs, suggesting that the programme contributed more to food relocalisation than previously thought. |
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