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 …

In an era where farmers face considerable levels of intertwined risks and uncertainties, farm
resilience is developing into a focal point for agricultural policies. Using survey data from …

The increasingly uncertain and changing agricultural context raises questions about the
resilience, ie, ability to cope with disturbances, of farms to climate change and other …

In facing future challenges, risk management (RM) is essential for European farming
systems (FS). This article synthesises lessons learned on RM based on a farm survey …

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

Abstract The European Commission has emphasised that a more resilient farming sector is
required to better respond to current and future economic, societal, and environmental …

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 …

The limited resilience of agricultural and food systems, and of rural communities, has
become an important concern in rural and agricultural policy. However, while the term has …

Resilience implies, in its essence, the capacity of a system to tolerate disturbances while
retaining its essential functions. In the context of agriculture, resilience thinking calls for …

The resilience of European farms and farming systems has become prominent on the policy
agenda, but the definition of resilience tends to be interpreted narrowly as the ability to …