Background Buffer capacity—the capacity of a social–ecological system to cushion stress
and shocks—is often seen as an important dimension of social–ecological system …

Resilience is often considered a precondition for sustainable social-ecological systems. But
how can this understanding of resilience be applied to food systems? We operationalized …

Productivity enhancement has traditionally been the main focus of agricultural research to
alleviate poverty and enhance food security of poor farmers in the developing world …

Agrobiodiversity is often touted as a crucial adaptation strategy to mitigate risks linked to
climate change by increasing the response capability of a system to external shocks and …

Persistent vulnerability of smallholder farmers to natural hazards and livelihood insecurity
call for the identification of measures that enhance the resilience of their agriculture …

Agricultural production systems, subjects of study in agroecology, are non-equilibrium open
systems permanently influenced by the action of natural or anthropogenic disturbances or …

Resilience is defined as “the capacity of a system to experience shocks while retaining
essentially the same function, structure, feedbacks, and therefore identity (Walker et …

This article presents an agroecosystem resilience index (ARI) relative to two types of
exogenous drivers: biophysical and socioeconomic threats. The ARI is based on a …

Smallholder agriculture is the foundation of global food systems, yet smallholders face
severe socio-economic and environmental challenges that can destabilize livelihoods and …

Climate change, land degradation, demographic change and persistent poverty pose major
challenges to smallholder farmers in the arid and semi-arid lands of sub-Saharan Africa …