Abstract
The agriculture that occurs in Australia’s peri-urban regions is not well understood,
nor has its economic value ever been examined systematically. Using a
spatial frame derived from research into population change, Agricultural Census
data are used to calculate the value of this agricultural production. The analysis
suggests that peri-urban regions in the five mainland States produce almost 25%
of Australia’s total gross value of agricultural production. Evidence gathered
from other surveys suggests that, in some respects, this may be an underestimate.
Although qualified and provisional, these findings have important strategic
implications for agricultural development, urban and regional development and,
ultimately, sustainable development. However, peri-urban issues are often
submerged in public policy deliberations, and peri-urban agriculture is poorly
served by the Agricultural Census.
AbstractThe agriculture that occurs in Australia’s peri-urban regions is not well understood,nor has its economic value ever been examined systematically. Using aspatial frame derived from research into population change, Agricultural Censusdata are used to calculate the value of this agricultural production. The analysissuggests that peri-urban regions in the five mainland States produce almost 25%of Australia’s total gross value of agricultural production. Evidence gatheredfrom other surveys suggests that, in some respects, this may be an underestimate.Although qualified and provisional, these findings have important strategicimplications for agricultural development, urban and regional development and,ultimately, sustainable development. However, peri-urban issues are oftensubmerged in public policy deliberations, and peri-urban agriculture is poorlyserved by the Agricultural Census.
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