Big data represent a pioneering development in the field of agriculture. By producing
intuition, intelligence, and insights, these data have the potential to recast conventional …

As the unfolding of the COVID-19 pandemic reminds us, change is not only of the planned
kind, but often triggered by sudden and unexpected events. The impact of such an event on …

Abstract Initially, Farming Systems Research took the farm as a starting point for an analysis
of a broad range of issues linked to agricultural production. Soon afterwards, it was …

For more than two decades market conditions for European producers have changed
significantly due to liberalization and increasing price volatility. The objective of this article is …

Over the past decades, the modernization of agriculture in the Western world has
contributed not only to a rapid increase in food production but also to environmental and …

Soils are the foundation for agricultural production, ecosystem functioning and for human
well-being, but paradoxically only limited attention has been given towards sustainable soil …

Context: The problems that are most in need of interdisciplinary collaboration are “wicked
problems,” such as food crises, climate change mitigation, and sustainable development …

Agriculture has recently been the subject of considerable research and policy attention.
Events such as the 2008 'world food price crisis' and concerns over the future of global food …

Greater resilience is needed for farms to deal with shocks and disturbances originating from
economic, environmental, social and institutional challenges, with resilience achieved by …

In the context of broad scale system changes (eg climate change) and the prioritisation of
impact-at-scale development, there is a particular need for farming systems research (FSR) …