Author Identifier (ORCID)

Stephanie L. Godrich: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3067-8253

Isabelle Chiera: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8919-885X

Amanda Devine: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6978-6249

Abstract

Food security(FS) refers to having sufficient physical, social, and economic food access at all times. People living in rural, regional, and remote (RRR) locations often face distinctive challenges to FS. Existing solutions, that aim to enhance FS, themselves face challenges when addressing these issues. This paper outlines the application of an adapted Systemic Innovation Lab (SIL) approach to enhance the function of existing community and government-led, -run or -operated initiatives (programs, interventions) in RRR Western Australia. It examines which systems change characteristics participating initiatives possess, to identify opportunities to support their transition to newer and more effective ways of addressing FS in their region. A six-stage SIL process was enacted, with four of the stages focused on identifying which systems change characteristics, across nine Focus Areas (FAs), the participating initiatives possessed. Data representing 148 initiatives were analysed to map the initiatives’ support of FS systems change in their region and identify the FAs systems change characteristics least possessed by initiatives. This delivered insights necessary to strengthen these characteristics and enhance participating initiatives’ capacity to better support RRR FS. Initiatives were least likely to possess systems change characteristics relating to two-way communication between government and community, which, if adopted, would support the achievement of holistic, effective, and sustainable outcomes for FS in RRR locations.

Document Type

Journal Article

Date of Publication

12-1-2025

Volume

42

Issue

4

Publication Title

Agriculture and Human Values

Publisher

Springer

School

Nutrition and Health Innovation Research Institute / School of Medical and Health Sciences

RAS ID

84537

Funders

Healthway

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Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License
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Godrich, S. L., Chiera, I., Doe, J., Herrington, S., Stoneham, M., Devine, A., & Humphreys, E. (2025). Food security systems change: A case study from rural, regional, and remote Australia. Agriculture and Human Values, 42(4), 2979–2996. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-025-10795-0

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2979

Last Page

2996

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10.1007/s10460-025-10795-0