@article{cd6cd8ff12844ddf82ef8c656b8b2e35,
title = "Economic resilience of agriculture in England and Wales: a spatial analysis",
abstract = "Agriculture has a hugely important role to play in meeting many of the UN{\textquoteright}s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Ensuring the economic resilience of farms and improving their capacity to respond to a wide range of challenges is key if agriculture is to contribute positively to achieving SDGs and sustainable growth. This paper aims to calculate the economic vulnerability and resilience of agriculture in England and Wales (UK), by analysing individual farm business data and using it to compute an aggregated agricultural resilience index at regional level across the two countries. The results of our analysis are visualised as maps, showing the geographical distribution of the input indicators and the final composite resilience index. We argue that this type of spatio-economic approach is useful for understanding the geography of agricultural resilience at sub-national levels, which could be valuable for helping to inform decisions and formulate strategies for promoting sustainable agriculture.",
keywords = "agricultural policy, agriculture, GIS, resilience, risk management, sustainable development goals (SDGs)",
author = "Robert Berry and Mauro Vigani and Julie Urquhart",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by Horizon 2020 Framework Programme [grant number 727520]. This work was funded by the Countryside and Community Research Institute (CCRI), University of Gloucestershire. The research did not receive any specific grant funding from agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. Thanks to the UK Data Service for facilitating access to the Farm Business Survey (2006–2015) data for England and Wales (see References for licencing information, and Data Availability Statement). Spatial boundary data for counties in England and Wales was provided by the Ordnance Survey via their BoundaryLine open dataset–https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-government/products/boundaryline (Contains OS data {\textcopyright} Crown copyright and database right (2021)). Funding Information: This work was funded by the Countryside and Community Research Institute (CCRI), University of Gloucestershire. The research did not receive any specific grant funding from agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. Thanks to the UK Data Service for facilitating access to the Farm Business Survey (2006–2015) data for England and Wales (see References for licencing information, and Data Availability Statement). Spatial boundary data for counties in England and Wales was provided by the Ordnance Survey via their BoundaryLine open dataset – https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-government/products/boundaryline (Contains OS data {\textcopyright} Crown copyright and database right (2021)). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group on behalf of Journal of Maps.",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.1080/17445647.2022.2072242",
language = "English",
volume = "18",
pages = "70--78",
journal = "Journal of Maps",
issn = "1744-5647",
publisher = "Taylor & Francis",
number = "1",
}
