NDLI: Connecting resilience, food security and climate change: lessons from flooding in Queensland, Australia

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Author	MacMahon, Amy Smith, Kiah Lawrence, Geoffrey
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	The Australian food system is often assumed to be largely secure in the face of global environmental challenges such as climate change. In 2010/2011, serious flooding in Queensland left towns isolated, major roads and highways cut and incurred significant loss of life and property. In terms of food security, large areas of agricultural land were inundated, and food supply chains, including both long and short chains, were affected in significant ways. The impacts included increases in food prices; deterioration in food quality; reduced consumer access to food; and disruption to the sourcing, transportation and distribution of food, grocery and other items. Examining the discourses and policies surrounding food supply during and after the floods, this paper asks, what lessons for building a more resilient food system have emerged from the 2011 floods? To explore this question, we consider policy documents, media reports, interviews and fieldwork with key stakeholders. We find evidence of strong collaboration of state government and long supply chain operators, but to the general exclusion of civil society-based food chains. Long chains provide the vast bulk of food to Queensland consumers but are vulnerable when roads are cut; civic agriculture showed resilience but remained marginal to the food needs of most Queensland consumers. Both resilience and vulnerability were present within both long and short food supply chains. Yet, there is limited evidence that food security issues, beyond productivity enhancement, are being considered in discussions and policies for climate change and natural disasters. We suggest that a broader view of climate change, beyond disasters and food production, has yet to be fully integrated into food security policy—and supply chain governance and practice—in Australia.
Starting Page	378
Ending Page	391
Page Count	14
File Format	PDF
ISSN	21906483
Journal	Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences
Volume Number	5
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	21906491
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2015-06-30
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Resilience Disasters Governance Food supply chains Alternative food networks Supermarkets Environment Sustainable Development
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Geography, Planning and Development Environmental Science

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