Agricultural Economics and Sustainable Agricultural Food Value Chains
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Agriculture".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: agricultural economics; agricultural competitiveness; agri-food value chain; sustainable development; sustainability
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: agricultural value chain; agri-food economics; cost-benefit analysis; sustainability; resilience
Interests: sustainable food; economic geography; sustainable agri-food systems; food tourism
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We cordially invite you to contribute to this Special Issue that targets analyses showcasing how market dynamics, policy interventions, and institutional changes can reorient agricultural economics toward more sustainable and resilient agricultural food value chains.
The scope of this Special Issue is oriented toward topics such as agricultural value chain governance, resource efficiency, innovative circular economy models through the eco-design of agricultural value chains, and policy evaluation, approached through the lens of the urgency gained amid increasing market volatility, geopolitical conflicts, climate change, and resource scarcity.
The papers published in this Special Issue should supplement the existing literature by moving beyond traditional efficiency-oriented one-sided analyses toward comprehensive systemic assessments of agricultural economies that account for environmental externalities, social inclusion, long-term resilience, and other drivers of sustainability for agri-food value chains. By combining theoretical perspectives with empirical evidence, this Special Issue seeks to offer innovative instruments, tools, metrics, and policy insights that inform the design of sustainable agri-food value chains capable of addressing the challenges of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Dr. Marius Constantin
Prof. Dr. Raluca Ignat
Prof. Dr. Donatella Privitera
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- agricultural economics
- agricultural value chains
- sustainable food systems
- sustainability assessment
- policy evaluation
- resilient agri-food systems
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