Interactions between Niche and Regime: An Analysis of Learning and Innovation Networks for Sustainable Agriculture across Europe

Ingram, Julie; Maye, Damian; Kirwan, James; Curry, Nigel; Kubinakova, Katarina

doi:10.1080/1389224x.2014.991114

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“…Although publications concerning sustainability transitions in agriculture are increasing [6,[15][16][17][18][19], only a few publications address agro-food systems [9,10,[20][21][22] and much less address them in an urban context [23][24][25]. Even less publications focus on food niches in urban agro-food systems [5,12,26,27].…”

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“…As pointed out above, only a few publications address sustainability transitions in agro-food systems [9,10,[20][21][22] and much less in an urban context [23][24][25], although publications concerning sustainability transitions in agriculture are increasing [6,[15][16][17][18][19]. In this section, we tackle the literature analyzing and explaining context-related niche development in agro-food systems and beyond.…”

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“…Co-evolving food niches and trends seem to arise in a rather diffused, fuzzy, and inhomogeneous process [8]. Food niches develop and experiment with new rules and practices that deviate from those of the agro-food system's regime [9], i.e., the intensive, conventional, industrial agro-food sector and its associated mainstream rules and practices [10,11]. As it seems difficult for niches to get a food sustainability transition started, we wanted to scrutinize the barriers and dynamics shaping the niches' development paths.…”

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Cities are breeding spaces for innovations in the agro-food sector with the potential to foster the development of local niche networks and a food sustainability transition. In this paper, we propose a conceptual framework for the context-related development of urban food niche organizations and their networks of change agents. With a qualitative analysis of three niche-establishing organizations and their networks, we address the lack of knowledge on spatial-relational dynamics shaping the development of niche organizations and their networks. The identified dynamics are structured along the connotations of geographic, cognitive, social and institutional proximity within the niche networks, to the to the dominant actors, rules, and practices of the urban food system's regime and to society. For each niche network, we defined a strategic orientation that might lead to a specific development path. Finally, we propose strategies on how cities may foster the development of niche organizations and their networks to highlight local opportunities of supporting a food system sustainability transition, i.e., increasing food literacy, enabling access to space, and engaging in networking.

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“…These conceptual elements (managing expectations, social learning, networking, diffusion processes and boundary activities) therefore provide useful criteria to assess the permaculture community in England as a grassroots social innovation and ‘radical novelty’ that forms at the micro‐level of niches (Geels and Schot , p. 400; Ingram et al . ).…”

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“…By combining SNM with COP theory the role of internal niche processes and boundary spanning activities as enablers for nicheregime interactions can also be examined. These conceptual elements (managing expectations, social learning, networking, diffusion processes and boundary activities) therefore provide useful criteria to assess the permaculture community in England as a grassroots social innovation and 'radical novelty' that forms at the micro-level of niches (Geels and Schot 2007, p. 400;Ingram et al 2014b).…”

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Examining Innovation for Sustainability from the Bottom Up: An Analysis of the Permaculture Community in England

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2016

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This article applies the transition approach to a novel food production context, via an examination of the food production side of permaculture. More specifically, it examines attempts by the permaculture community in England to interact and influence the Agriculture Knowledge System of the mainstream agro‐food regime. Strategic Niche Management and Communities of Practice theory are combined to examine the ways in which the permaculture community has evolved and has sought to develop its agro‐ecology message and influence the agro‐food regime. Evidence of second order learning and networking with stakeholders outside the community of practice is limited. A tension between internal activities that reinforce a boundary between the permaculture knowledge system and the wider Agriculture Knowledge System are evident. Some external activities designed to cross boundaries are noted. However, activities designed to translate permaculture ideas into mainstream agriculture have had limited success. There is some evidence of interaction and lateral linkage with sub‐regimes to enhance capacity but this is usually in individual capacities. Examining the evolution of radical niche innovations such as permaculture thus reveals the way that beliefs, values and epistemologies make the process of sustainability transition challenging and complex, particularly when different knowledge systems clash with one another.

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Business Model Innovation and Transition to a Sustainable Food System: A Case Study in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area

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2020

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The food systems' transition towards a sustainable involves structural changes, namely the emphasis on local production, short supply chains, and the preference for organic products. The shift in the agri-food system is taking place through the creation of entirely new businesses and individual farms moving towards organic production. In both cases, the enterprises use a combination of well-established agricultural knowledge and techniques, new scientific knowledge on productive methods and new technological platforms for commercialization. These mixed sources permit the creation of innovative business models (BMs). They exemplify how traditional industries can absorb/generate innovation at technological and organizational levels, and become part of the new knowledge-based era. The study has three objectives: to analyse the emerging agri-food businesses in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area (LMA); to characterize innovative sustainable BMs within the transition dynamics; to reflect on the challenges that the characteristics of the food system pose for the emergence of these BMs. The study is part of an interdisciplinary project on Spatial Planning for Change (SPLACH). The analysis addresses the food system transition in a specific territory, namely the LMA. The paper presents results of the research conducted, focusing on the case of an organic food initiative, Quinta do Oeste.

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Interactions between Niche and Regime: An Analysis of Learning and Innovation Networks for Sustainable Agriculture across Europe

Cited by 70 publications

References 30 publications

Change Agents’ Perspectives on Spatial–Relational Proximities and Urban Food Niches

Change Agents’ Perspectives on Spatial–Relational Proximities and Urban Food Niches

Examining Innovation for Sustainability from the Bottom Up: An Analysis of the Permaculture Community in England

Business Model Innovation and Transition to a Sustainable Food System: A Case Study in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area

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