ABSTRACT This paper discusses the pathways to agri-food sustainability in the context of the historical broadacre farming region of Mid North South Australia. Using notions of sustainable agriculture and multifunctional rural transitions to explore the geohistorical development trajectory of the region, it discusses the tensions and opportunities inherent to the future of farming in the Mid North and their impact on community development. We aim to contribute to a wider reflexion on the role of territoriality in the sustainable food transition debate, and its relevance in a traditionally productivist but marginal landscape. The paper proposes an extensive review of the historical, agricultural, socio-economic and institutional contexts of regional Australia before discussing the farming future(s) of the Mid North. We use a typology of ‘modes of occupance’ to reflect upon the compatibility between the emergence of differentiated multifunctional rural spaces in the Mid North and the realisation of agri-food sustainability transitions across its territory.

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南澳大利亚中北部地区的可持续农业和多功能性

摘要 本文讨论了在南澳大利亚中北部历史悠久的大面积农业区的背景下实现农业食品可持续性的途径。使用可持续农业和多功能农村转型的概念来探索该地区的地史发展轨迹，讨论中北部农业未来固有的紧张局势和机遇及其对社区发展的影响。我们旨在促进更广泛地反思领土在可持续粮食转型辩论中的作用，及其在传统生产主义但边缘景观中的相关性。在讨论中北部的农业未来之前，本文建议对澳大利亚地区的历史、农业、社会经济和制度背景进行广泛的回顾。