Report On Economic Contribution Of Melbourne

The economic contribution of
Melbourne’s food bowl
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Introduction
According to Victoria in Future (2015), Melbourne is second biggest Australian city with a
population of around 4.6 million people. The area surrounding Melbourne city are conducive for
agriculture, mostly producing vegetables. With growing population in Melbourne so as need for
more increase. Increase in industrialization has occupy land which initially was used for food
production. This has result to food production decline, with urbanization posing threat to food
production. There is need to have good information on where to use land for construction,
farming, urban use and recreational purpose. Deloitte Access Economics has access the use of
land to farm at Melbourne University.
Agricultural land
Melbourne food bowl consist of three parts that is inner Melbourne or urban area this is the most populated
local government area. Where most people in Melbourne conduct commercial activities. The other part is
the peri-urban area or the interface Melbourne, this is the residential area which makes the greater
Melbourne. Outside interface is the rural area and coastal region, which makes the outer food bowl. The
residents of these areas mainly engage in farming. The food bowl accounts for more than 1.7 million
hectares, around 12% of Victoria’s 14.8 million hectares of agricultural land. Most of Melbourne food bowl
is located in outer Melbourne outside the city in rural areas which consist of 9% of Victoria’s agricultural
land. The inner Melbourne make up 0.1% and the interface Melbourne 3%, it is evident as one move away
from city center more land for agriculture is available. According to The economic contribution of
Melbourne’s food bowl (2015, p4).
Agricultural production
The agricultural production within three regions of Melbourne increase with increase in
availability of agricultural land. The urban region has less land for agricultural activities
producing the least agricultural products in the food bowl. As one moves away from the urban
areas more land is available for agricultural purpose. The outer region produces more as
compared to the interface region as it has more land available to conduct agriculture. The outer
region or the rural area is most productive part in Melbourne food bowl. (Deloitte, 2015, p. 9)
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