Risk, Vulnerability, and Resilience of Sustainable Agriculture in the Context of Rural Economy Development

Dear Colleagues,

Climate change and unexpected events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic or the war in the Ukraine, harm the value chains, cause additional risks and create new vulnerabilities in agriculture and rural areas; therefore, strengthening the resilience of agricultural producers and rural communities is crucial to their well-being. There are numerous research projects aimed at exploring ways to support agriculture and rural communities in increasing their resilience capacity, as well as improving the sustainability of agriculture and other economic and non-economic activities conducted in rural areas. Despite this, there is little dialogue among rural and agricultural stakeholders; further, the knowledge is highly dispersed, and it is not clear which challenges faced by agriculture and rural communities have already been given solutions, and which are still in need of in-depth research.

We warmly encourage the submission of articles based on research related to identifying needs and possible solutions to the risks and vulnerabilities faced by agriculture and rural communities. We welcome manuscripts tackling, but not limited to, the following issues:

• Green transition of rural areas.
• Resilience of agriculture.
• Risk mitigation pathways for agriculture.
• Sustainable adaptation to climate change by agriculture.
• Strengthening the resilience of rural communities facing aging and depopulation.
• Recent changes in agricultural policy.
• Recent trends in rural development policy.

Dr. Barbara Wieliczko
Prof. Dr. William H Meyers
Guest Editors

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