Brian Ilbery
BA (Hons) Geography; PhD (Agricultural Geography); CGeog; FRGS
Professor of Rural Studies
Tel +44 01242 714389
bilbery@glos.ac.uk
Profile
Brian is an agricultural geographer with over 30 years’ experience of research in agricultural change and policy. He joined the CCRI in 2006, and has conducted recent research on farm tenancy, local and organic foods, and short food supply chains. Current research includes two large projects on plant and animal disease management.
Recent Publications
Book contributions
Ilbery, B. (2011) Assessing the sustainability of alternative food networks. In Traversac, J-B., Aubrey, C. and Kebir, L. (eds) Short supply chains, sustainable development and territories. Springer Publications, Paris (forthcoming).
Ilbery, B. (2011) Land tenure and agricultural change in Great Britain. In: Curry, N. and Moseley, M. (eds) Reflections on rural change in Britain and Europe. 25th anniversary of research in the CCRU/CCRI (forthcoming).
Ilbery, B., Ingram, J., Kirwan, J., Maye, D. and Prince, N. (2011) Non-successional entry into UK farming: an examination of two government-supported schemes. In: Lobley, M. and Baker, J. (eds) Keeping it in the family: international perspectives on succession and retirement on family farms. Ashgate, Farnham (forthcoming).
Maye, D. and Ilbery, B. (2011) Changing geographies of food production. In: Daniels, P., Sidaway, J., Shaw, D. and Bradshaw, M. (eds) Introduction to human geography. Pearson Educational, Harlow (forthcoming).
Ilbery, B. and Maye, D. (2010) Agricultural restructuring and changing food networks in the UK. In: Coe, N. and Jones, A. (eds) The economic geography of the UK, Sage, London, pp. 166-180.
Ilbery, B., Maye, D., Watts, D. and Holloway, L. (2010) Property, ownership and landlord-tenant relationships in English agriculture. In: Winchell, D., Ramsey, D., Koster, R. and Robinson, G. (eds) Geographical perspectives on sustainable rural change. Eastern Washington University Press, Spokane, pp. 41-60.
Ilbery, B. and Maye, D. (2010) The changing dynamics of organic farming in England and Wales. In: Mose, I., Robinson, G., Schmied, D. and Wilson, G. (eds) Globalisation and rural transitions in Germany and the UK, Cuviller Verlag, Göttingen, pp. 71-92.
Ilbery, B. and Maye, D. (2008) Changing geographies of food consumption and production. In Daniels, P., Bradshaw, M., Shaw, D. and Sidaway, J. (eds.) Human geography: issues for the 21st century (third edition), Pearson pp. 159-179 .
Ilbery, B. and Maye, D. (2008) Placing local foods in a cross-border setting. In: Stringer, C. and Le Heron, R. (eds.) Agri-food commodity chains and globalising networks, Ashgate pp. 121-136.
Watts, D., Ilbery, B. and Maye, D. (2008) Making re-connections in agro-food geography: alternative systems of food provision. In Munton, R. (ed) The Rural: critical essays in human geography. Ashgate,. 165-183. Part of the series, Agnew, J. (ed) Contemporary Foundations of Space and Place.
Ilbery, B., Maye, D., Watts, D. and Holloway, L. (2007) Single farm payments diversification and tenant farming in England. In: Clout, H. (ed) Contemporary rural geographies: land,property and resources in Britain, Routledge, pp.149-167.
Watts, D., Ilbery, B. and Jones, G. (2007) Networking practices among alternative food producers in England's West Midlands region. In: Maye, D., Holloway, L. and Kneafsey, M. (eds.) Alternative food geographies: representation and practice, Elsevier, pp. 289-307.
Maye, D. and Ilbery, B. (2007) Regionalisation, local foods and supply chain governance: a case study from Northumberland. In Maye, D., Holloway, L. and Kneafsey, M. (eds.) Alternative food geographies: representation and practice, Elsevier, pp. 149-167.
Ilbery, B. and Maye, D. (2005) Alternative or conventional? An examination of specialist livestock production systems in the Scottish-English borders. In: Essex, S., Gilg, A. and Yarwood, R. (eds.) Rural change and sustainability: agriculture, the environment and communities, CABI, Wallingford, pp. 85-106.
Refereed papers
Enticott, G., Maye, D., Ilbery, B., Fisher, R. and Kirwan, J. (2012 forthcoming) Farmers’ confidence in vaccinating badgers against bovine Tuberculosis. Veterinary Record.
Ilbery, B., Maye, D. and Little, R. (2012) Plant disease risk and grower-agronomist perceptions and relationships: an analysis of the UK potato and wheat sectors. Applied Geography, 34, 306-315.
Ilbery, B. and Saxena, G. (2011) Integrated rural tourism in the English-Welsh cross-border region: an analysis of strategic, administrative and personal challenges. Regional Studies, 45, 1139-1155.
Mills, P., Dehnen-Schmutz, K., Ilbery, B., Jeger, M., Jones, G., Little, R., MacLeod, A., Parker, S., Pautasso, M., Pietravalle, S. and Maye, D. (2011) Integrating natural and social science perspectives on plant disease management and policy formulation. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (forthcoming).
Ilbery, B. and Maye, D. (2011) Clustering and the spatial distribution of organic farming in England and Wales. Area, 43, 31-41.
Ilbery, B., Maye, D., Watts, D. and Holloway, L. (2010) Property matters: agricultural restructuring and changing landlord-tenant relationships in England. Geoforum, 41, 423-434.
Little, R., Maye, D. and Ilbery, B. (2010) Collective purchase: moving local and organic foods beyond the niche market. Environment and Planning A, 42, 1797-1813.
Saxena, G. and Ilbery, B. (2010) Developing integrated rural tourism: actor practices in the English-Welsh border. Journal of Rural Studies, 26, 260-271.
Kings, D. and Ilbery, B. (2010) The environmental belief systems of organic and conventional farmers: evidence from central-southern England. Journal of Rural Studies, 26, 437-448.
Ilbery, B., Courtney, P., Kirwan, J. and Maye, D. (2010) Marketing concentration and geographical dispersion: a survey of organic farms in England and Wales. British Food Journal, 112, 9, 962-975.
Ilbery, B., Watts, D., Little, J., Gilg, A. and Simpson, S. (2010) Attitudes of food entrepreneurs towards two grant schemes under the first England Rural Development Programme, 2000-2006. Land Use Policy. 27, 683-689.
Maye, D., Ilbery, B. and Watts, D. (2009) Farm diversification, tenancy and CAP reform: results from a survey of tenant farmers in England. Journal of Rural Studies. 25, 333-342.
Little, J., Ilbery, B. and Watts, D. (2009) Gender, consumption and the relocalisation of food. Sociologia Ruralis. 49, 201-217.
Ilbery, B. and Saxena, G. (2009) Evaluating 'best practice' in integrated rural tourism: case examples from the England/Wales border region. Environment and Planning A. 41, 2248-2266.
Ilbery, B., Ingram, J., Kirwan, J., Maye, D. and Prince, N. (2009) Structural change and new entrants in UK agriculture: examining the role of county farms and the Fresh Start initiative in Cornwall. Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, 170, 77-83.
Watts, D., Ilbery, B., Maye, D. and Holloway, L. (2009) Implementing Pillar II of the Common Agricultural Policy in England: geographies of the Rural Enterprise Scheme and the Processing and Marketing Grant. Land Use Policy. 26, 683-694.
Short, C., Ilbery, B., Courtney, P., Kambites, C. & Boase, R. (2008) Exploring the interactions between land-based industries and communities in rural England. Journal of Farm Management, 13, 369-378.
Saxena, G. and Ilbery, B. (2008) Integrated rural tourism: a border case study. Annals of Tourism Research, 35, 233-254.
Ilbery, B. and Maye, D. (2008) Farm tenancy. Geography Review, 21, 32-35.
Saxena, G., Clark, G., Oliver, T. and Ilbery, B. (2007) Conceptualizing Integrated Rural Tourism, Tourism Geographies, 9:4, 347 – 370
Ilbery, B, Saxena, G. and Kneafsey, M. (2007) 'Exploring Tourists and Gatekeepers' Attitudes Towards Integrated Rural Tourism in the England-Wales Border Region', Tourism Geographies, 9:4, 441 - 468
Ilbery, B. and Maye, D. (2007) Marketing sustainable food production in Europe: case study evidence from two Dutch labelling schemes. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geographie, 98, pp. 507-518.
Maye, D. and Ilbery, B. (2006) Regional economies of local food production: tracing food chain links between specialist producers and intermediaries in the Scottish-English borders. European Urban and Regional Studies, 13, pp. 337-354.
Ilbery, B., Maye, D. and Watts, D. (2006) A baseline study of the effects of the Single Farm Payment on the diversification activities of tenant farmers. Rural Enterprise and Management, 2, pp. 5-18.
Jarvis, D., Dunham, P. and Ilbery, B. (2006) Local labour markets: enterprising or constraining? Local Economy, 21, pp. 151-165.
Ilbery, B., Watts, D., Simpson, S., Gilg, A. and Little, J. (2006) Mapping local foods: evidence from two English regions. British Food Journal, 108, pp. 213-225.
Ilbery, B. and Maye, D. (2006) Retailing local food in the Scottish-English borders: a supply chain perspective. Geoforum, 37, pp. 352-367.
Ricketts Hein, J., Ilbery, B. and Kneafsey, M. (2006) The distribution of local food activity in England and Wales: an index of food relocalisation. Regional Studies, 40, pp. 289-301.
Maye, D., Ilbery, B. and Kneafsey, M. (2005) Changing places: investigating the cultural terrain of village pubs in Northamptonshire. Social and Cultural Geography, 6, pp. 831-846.
Ilbery, B. and Maye, D. (2005) Alternative (shorter) food supply chains and specialist livestock products on the Scottish-English borders. Environment and Planning A, 37, pp. 823-844
Ilbery, B., Morris, C., Buller, H., Maye, D. and Kneafsey, M. (2005) Product, process and place: an examination of food marketing and labelling schemes in Europe and North America. European Urban and Regional Studies, 12, pp. 116-132.
Ilbery, B. and Maye, D. (2005) Food supply chains and sustainability: evidence from specialist food producers in the Scottish/English borders. Land Use Policy, 22, pp. 331-344.
Watts, D., Ilbery, B. and Maye, D. (2005) Making re-connections in agro-food geography: alternative systems of food provision. Progress in Human Geography, 29, pp. 22-40.
Contract reports
Ilbery, B., Kirwan, J., Maye, D., Courtney, P., Kambites, C., Reed, M. and Lewis, N. (2009) Socio-economic aspects of local and national organic farming markets: whole chain analysis. A report produced as part of the Defra commissioned research entitled 'analysis of socio-economic aspects of local and national organic farming markets'. Defra project code: SFFSD 0605. January.
Courtney, P., Short, C., Kambites, C., Moseley, M., Ilbery, B. Boase, R., Owen, S. and Clark, M. (2007) The social contribution of land-based industries to rural communities. Commission for Rural Communities.
Buller, H., Morris, C., Ilbery, B. and Maye, D. (2006) Evaluation of 'Eat the View'. The Countryside Agency.
Ilbery, B., Gilg, A., Kneafsey, M. and Little, J. (2005) Relocalisation and alternative food networks: a comparison of two regions. Economic and Social Research Council.
Ilbery, B., Maye, D., Holloway, L. and Watts, D. (2005) The potential impacts of CAP reform on the diversification activities of tenant farmers in England: baseline study. Defra.
International presentations
Ilbery, B., Maye, D. and Ingram, J. (2011) Risk and plant disease management: supply chain perspectives. Anglo-Canadian-USA symposium on rural geography, Winnipeg, July.
(2008) Property rights and farm tenancy: neglected issues in agricultural geography. Keynote Address, Annual conference of the Australia and new Zealand Agri-Food Research Network (AFRN), Sydney, November.
(2008) Risk, farmers' knowledges and disease management. Annual conference of the Australia and new Zealand Agri-Food Research Network (AFRN), Sydney, November. With Maye, D.
(2008) The UK Rural Economy and Land Use (RELU) programme: lessons for Australia and New Zealand?. Paper presented at the 2008 annual conference of the Australia and New Zealand agri-food research network, Sydney, Australia. November. With Maye, D.
(2008) The changing dynamics of organic farming in England and Wales. Third Anglo-German rural geography conference, Oldenburg, June. With Maye, D.
(2008) Assessing the sustainability of local food systems. INRA seminar series, Paris, April.
(2007) Property, ownership and landlord-tenant relationships in English agriculture. Sixth Quadrennial conference of British, Canadian and American rural geographers, July, Spokane, Washington. With Maye, D. and Watts, D.
(2006) Following local food chains in a cross-border context: evidence from the Scottish-English borders. IGU Commission on 'Dynamics of Economic Spaces', June, Auckland. With Maye, D.
External presentations in the UK and other activities
(2011) Organic farming in England and Wales: does geography matter? Environment and Society Research Group, School of Geography, University of Nottingham. May.
(2011) Presentation at a RELU workshop on 'New horizons for animal and plant disease from the RELU programme' at Regent College, London. May.
(2011) Risk and plant disease management: grower-agronomist relationships. Great Western Research seminar series on 'sustainability', organised by the Centre for Rural Policy Research, University of Exeter. March.
(2011) Organic farming in England and Wales: does geography matter? Food Forum seminar, Food Studies Centre, SOAS, University of London. March.
Ilbery, B., Maye, D. and Little, R. (2010) Grower-agronomist relationships and the management of plant diseases in the UK wheat and potato sectors. Anglo-French Rural Syposium, Colchester, July.
Maye, D., Ilbery, B. and Little, R. (2010) Growing risk? Growers' perceptions of plant disease risk in the UK. Annual Festival of The British Science Association (In session on ‘Food security and infectious diseases’, convened by Brian Ilbery), Aston University, Birmingham, September.
(2010 - ) External Examiner in Human Geography for BA/BSc Geography degrees at the University of Swansea.
(2009) Food supply chains: the long and short of it - Inaugural Lecture. University of Gloucestershire. April.
(2008) The impact of CAP reforms on the diversification activities of tenant farmers in England. Farming and Estate Diversification: Securing the Future, Blenheim Palace conferences, 30 January.
(2006) Conflicting interests? Tenant farming, the Single Farm Payment and farm diversification in England. RGS-IBG Annual Conference, September, London. With Maye, D., Watts, D. and Holloway, L.
(2006) The potential impacts of CAP reform on the diversification activities of tenant farmers in England. Invited paper presented (with Maye, D.) at a research and development dissemination event on farm diversification, organised and hosted by DEFRA, at the Royal Horticultural Halls, London. June.
(2005) Producers perspectives on food quality and networking, and their implications for alternative food networks. RGS-IBG Annual Conference, September, London. With Watts, D.
(2005) Governing food supply chains: an institutional survey from the Scottish-English borders. RGS-IBG Annual Conference, September, London. With Maye, D.
(2005) Diversifying the farm business.Women in Rural Enterprise (WiRE) Annual Conference, February, Harper Adams, Shropshire. With Maye, D.
(2011) PhD external examiner, Aberdeen University, May.
External PhD examiner at Kings College London, Nottingham, Maynooth, Aberdeen and Queensland.
External examiner for MSc in Protected Landscape Management, University, Aberystwyth
External examiner for BA/BSc Geography, Universities of Middlesex, Bournemouth and Aberdeen
Advisory Council member, School of Agriculture, Royal Agricultural College
Chartered Geographer (C.Geog) Assessor, RGS/IBG.
Member of UK 'RELU' Data Management Committee
Public service activity in the UK and Ireland
(2011-13) BBSRC ‘Bioscience for society’ Strategy Panel member
Rural Forum member, West Midlands Regional Development Agency.
RELU National Data Management Committee.
Scheme Assessor for the Irish Research Council for Humanities and Social Sciences.
School of Agriculture Advisory Board member, Royal Agricultural College.
