With the concept of resilience being increasingly applied in farming systems research, there
is general agreement that the resilience theory should be supported by sound assessment …

Agricultural systems in Europe face accumulating economic, ecological and societal
challenges, raising concerns about their resilience to shocks and stresses. These resilience …

CONTEXT Uncertainty surrounds farming systems across Europe and strengthening their
resilience lies at the centre of the European policy agenda. Although farming systems´ …

Agroecosystems are on both the receiving and contributing ends of increasingly demanding
climatic and environmental conditions. Maintaining productive systems under resource …

For improving sustainability and resilience of EU farming system, the current state needs to
be assessed, before being able to move on to future scenarios. Assessing sustainability and …

CONTEXT Farm general resilience, ie capacity to deal with the unknown, uncertainty and
surprise, is increasingly considered a must in today's uncertain and changing context. To …

Resilience is a widely studied concept that is a key objective in the design and development
of sustainable systems. This is especially true for the agricultural systems critical to food …

Research on sustainability in agriculture often focuses on reducing the environmental
impacts of production systems. However, environmentally friendly production methods may …

CONTEXT The ability of a farm to cope with challenges is often conceptualised as resilience.
Although improving resilience of farms is a major policy goal in the European Union, the …

There is uncertainty regarding the resilience of modern intensive agricultural systems, given
that they have been developed recently in history (post-WWII). Historically, agricultural …