Digital technologies are often seen as an opportunity to enable sustainable futures in
agriculture and rural areas. However, this digital transformation process is not inherently …

The official statistics show that the number of small farms (SFs) in Europe is decreasing.
Their ability to maintain their activities in the light of internal and external disturbances relies …

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 …

Although evidence continues to indicate an urgent need to transition food systems away
from industrialized monocultures and toward agroecological production, there is little sign of …

Agri-food system transitions are a considerable challenge requiring stakeholder alignment
on what changes need to be made and how. When stakeholders do not agree on the goals …

Abstract The Farm to Fork (F2F) Strategy at the heart of the European Union's Green Deal
set out to create a “just transition” towards a sustainable food system, with benefits for all …

Resilience is a concept that focuses on change: it includes the ability of a system to maintain
its current state despite disturbances, its ability to adapt, and to transform. While resilience …

This study aims to identify the success factors and main barriers and threats to developing
peri-urban farms implementing various business models. For that purpose, a survey was …

This study presents an innovative approach to measuring the impact of EU CAP direct
payments on the economic resilience of agriculture at a sectoral level. The construct of …

It has been shown that the COVID-19 pandemic affected some agricultural systems more
than others, and even within geographic regions, not all farms were affected to the same …