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6 Citations
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16 April 2026

Digital economy and agricultural technological innovation are key drivers of agricultural economic resilience and sustainable development. However, existing research has yet to clarify how they jointly affect agricultural economic resilience, particu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Sustainable Agriculture and Economic Viability: The Role of Technology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,362 Views
16 Pages

18 June 2020

The study investigates the redistributive effects of agricultural policy and the importance of income inequalities among agricultural holdings for sustainable agricultural development based on the intra-sectoral differences of the disposable income o...

(This article belongs to the Collection Sustainable Development of Rural Areas and Agriculture)
  • Article
  • Open Access
52 Citations
8,335 Views
17 Pages

2 January 2021

Agricultural extension service is the foundation of sustainable agricultural development. The evaluation and analysis of the agricultural extension service for sustainable agricultural development can provide an effective analytical tool for sustaina...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)
  • Article
  • Open Access
56 Citations
6,301 Views
15 Pages

15 September 2022

In recent years, a growing body of literature has explored the determinants and impacts of sustainable agricultural technologies. However, little is known about the relationship between agricultural socialized services that have reshaped the smallhol...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Economy and Sociology in Sustainable Agriculture)
  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,415 Views
15 Pages

8 March 2022

Feeding the growing global population while improving the Earth’s economic, environmental, and social values is a challenge recognised in both the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the United Nations Framework Convention on Clima...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)
  • Review
  • Open Access
18 Citations
17,539 Views
27 Pages

Sustainable and Regenerative Development of Water Mills as an Example of Agricultural Technologies for Small Farms

  • Andreas N. Angelakis,
  • Mohammad Valipour,
  • Jörg Dietrich,
  • Konstantinos Voudouris and ,
  • Rohitashw Kumar,
  • Miquel Salgot,
  • Seyed Ali Mahmoudian,
  • Anatoli Rontogianni and
  • Theocharis Tsoutsos
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

18 May 2022

Nowadays, the reuse of built agricultural/industrial heritage has been a common practice worldwide. These structures represent excellent symbols of the great agricultural/industrial past. These agricultural/hydro-technologies also serve as monuments...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Water Scarcity: From Ancient to Modern Times and the Future)
  • Review
  • Open Access
138 Citations
17,777 Views
27 Pages

Prospects for Agricultural Sustainable Intensification: A Review of Research

  • Hualin Xie,
  • Yingqian Huang,
  • Qianru Chen,
  • Yanwei Zhang and
  • Qing Wu

23 October 2019

In recent years, as a way to achieve higher agricultural output while reducing the negative impact of agricultural production on the environment, agricultural sustainable intensification has attracted worldwide attention. Under the framework of "conn...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,466 Views
24 Pages

15 August 2025

[Introduction] Climate change is a serious global challenge that is currently being faced and could intensify in the future. The resulting climate risks will have varying degrees of impact on sustainable agricultural development. To cope with climate...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)
  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
6,834 Views
16 Pages

Effects of Agricultural Programmes and Land Ownership on the Adoption of Sustainable Agricultural Practices in Nigeria

  • Ireti Emmanuel Adesida,
  • William Nkomoki,
  • Miroslava Bavorova and
  • Mustapha Yakubu Madaki

29 June 2021

Many countries promote food security through agricultural policies to boost agricultural productivity without looking at the effect of such policies on sustainability. This study investigates the effect of agricultural policies and land ownership on...

  • Article
  • Open Access
56 Citations
16,717 Views
10 Pages

20 July 2011

Agriculture in Africa is not sustainable because average yields have been stagnating for decades due to underinvestment, especially in the development of agricultural markets, crop improvement and the sustainable management of agricultural systems. L...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Biotechnology and Sustainable Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
9,675 Views
17 Pages

What Skills Do Agricultural Professionals Need in the Transition towards a Sustainable Agriculture? A Qualitative Literature Review

  • Laura Brandt Sørensen,
  • Lisa Blix Germundsson,
  • Stine Rosenlund Hansen,
  • Claudia Rojas and
  • Niels Heine Kristensen

8 December 2021

Agriculture is facing mounting challenges across the globe and must move towards more sustainable practices to combat climate change and meet changed production requirements. Education has been acknowledged as highly important in a sustainable transi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Agri-Food Systems: Environment, Economy, Society and Policy)
  • Review
  • Open Access
109 Citations
17,314 Views
30 Pages

16 June 2025

Automation in agricultural machinery, underpinned by the integration of advanced technologies, is revolutionizing sustainable farming practices. Key enabling technologies include multi-source positioning fusion (e.g., RTK-GNSS/LiDAR), intelligent per...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovations in Agriculture for Sustainable Agro-Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
1,322 Views
25 Pages

13 January 2026

The development of agricultural new productive forces (ANPFs) represents a vital pathway to overcoming the bottlenecks of agricultural modernization and reshaping agricultural competitiveness. As sustainable development and green transformation have...

(This article belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,882 Views
22 Pages

11 September 2024

This study explores the intricate relationships among farmers’ non-agricultural income, agricultural technological progress, and sustainable food supply security using China’s provincial panel data from 2003 to 2021. Employing multidimens...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)
  • Article
  • Open Access
658 Views
27 Pages

Information and communication technologies have become a key driver of sustainable agricultural development, yet the pathways through which they exert this influence remain underexplored. This study investigates how information and communication tech...

(This article belongs to the Section Agricultural Economics, Policies and Rural Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
679 Views
26 Pages

Sustainable agricultural technologies (SATs) are essential for improving agricultural sustainability, yet their sustained adoption among smallholder farmers remains challenging. Agricultural industry organizations (AIOs), including cooperatives and a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Farmer Behavior and Sustainable Agricultural Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,583 Views
22 Pages

22 April 2021

Today, farmers are multioptional entrepreneurs, demanding far more skills than only those of agricultural production. The awareness of European agricultural landscape (EAL) values should enable farmers to create new business strategies. Open educatio...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Exploring Agricultural Heritage in European and Mediterranean Countries)
  • Review
  • Open Access
64 Citations
13,224 Views
27 Pages

8 July 2025

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is experiencing escalating climate variability, land degradation, and food insecurity, which threaten livelihoods and economic stability. Sustainable agricultural practices (SAPs), including climate-smart agriculture, conserv...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Achieving Sustainable Agriculture Practices and Crop Production)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,116 Views
19 Pages

21 May 2025

Using panel data from 31 provinces and municipalities in China spanning the period from 2002 to 2021, this study constructs a comprehensive indicator system to assess the level of agricultural sustainable development from the dimensions of economic,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,494 Views
20 Pages

Direct Payments and Sustainable Agricultural Development—The Example of Poland

  • Adrian Sadłowski,
  • Wioletta Wrzaszcz,
  • Katarzyna Smędzik-Ambroży,
  • Anna Matras-Bolibok and ,
  • Anna Budzyńska,
  • Marek Angowski and
  • Stefan Mann
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

26 November 2021

This paper aims to explore the importance of the direct-payments scheme as a tool for supporting the sustainable development of agriculture in Poland, and to assess the effects of the 2015 Common Agricultural Policy reform in this context. In particu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Contemporary Issues in Applied Economics and Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,794 Views
21 Pages

14 December 2021

Due to a lack of profound disclosure of the internal mechanism for the symbiotic development of agricultural industrial clusters and agricultural logistics industry, the current study finds it difficult to form specific and implementable driving coun...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)
  • Editorial
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,374 Views
3 Pages

14 March 2020

With the growing population and climate change, increasing demands for water are intensifying competition between agricultural stakeholders. Since the mid-20th century, numerous crop models and modeling techniques have emerged for the quantitative as...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Model Application for Sustainable Agricultural Water)
  • Article
  • Open Access
59 Citations
8,159 Views
15 Pages

21 January 2023

Whether green finance can promote agriculture to achieve carbon emission reduction is an important issue in agricultural sustainable development. Based on panel data on 30 provinces in China from 2011 to 2020, this paper established a mediation effec...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Agricultural Economy)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
88 Citations
6,151 Views
24 Pages

Unraveling the European Agricultural Policy Sustainable Development Trajectory

  • Yannis E. Doukas,
  • Luca Salvati and
  • Ioannis Vardopoulos

8 September 2023

Amidst growing concerns about the impact of agriculture on the environment, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has been overhauled to prioritize sustainable rural development in European agriculture. Based on this line of thought, the present contr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovative Research Approaches & Practices towards Sustainable Land Management, Preservation & Restoration)
  • Review
  • Open Access
12 Citations
6,285 Views
11 Pages

Revolutionizing Towards Sustainable Agricultural Systems: The Role of Energy

  • Ilaria Zambon,
  • Massimo Cecchini,
  • Enrico Maria Mosconi and
  • Andrea Colantoni

25 September 2019

Innovations play a significant role in the primary sector (i.e., agriculture, fisheries and forestry), ensuring a greater performance towards bioeconomy and sustainability. Innovation is being progressively applied to examining the organization of jo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue WP3 – Innovation in Agriculture and Forestry Sector for Energetic Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,639 Views
31 Pages

17 April 2025

Amid the urgent need to align agricultural practices with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), this study examines the role of agricultural digitalization in promoting sustainable and green development in China. Specifically, it e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
5,416 Views
13 Pages

The Contribution of Off-Takers to Sustainable Agricultural Cluster Businesses

  • Asep Mulyana,
  • Teten Masduki,
  • Wa Ode Zusnita Muizu,
  • Tri Febrianti and
  • Dara Sagita Triski

29 November 2024

The agricultural sector is a cornerstone of many developing economies, supporting millions of livelihoods, contributing significantly to GDP, and ensuring food security and social stability. This study explores the crucial role of off-takers in enhan...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,245 Views
16 Pages

22 April 2025

The digital economy is increasingly recognized as a key force behind sustainable agricultural development, transforming farm management and enhancing food security through innovation, resource optimization, and data-driven decision-making. This study...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
8,954 Views
20 Pages

Regional Differences of Agricultural Land Market in Slovakia: A Challenge for Sustainable Agriculture

  • Jarmila Lazíková,
  • Ľubica Rumanovská,
  • Ivan Takáč,
  • Piotr Prus and
  • Alexander Fehér

The agricultural land market and its legal and political limitations play an important role in sustainable agricultural production. This study analyzed the agricultural land market in particular regions of Slovakia in terms of the sustainability of a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Contemporary Challenges of Agriculture and Rural Areas in the Context of Sustainable Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,747 Views
26 Pages

24 December 2025

Agricultural Heritage Systems (AHS), which embody economic, ecological, and social sustainability, are critically important for leveraging these dimensions to advance the sustainable development of farmers’ livelihoods. Utilizing a newly develo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cultural Heritage Conservation and Sustainable Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
7,275 Views
14 Pages

Initiatives and Prospects for Sustainable Agricultural Production in Karangasem Regency, Bali, Indonesia

  • Shoi Hirakawa,
  • Honoka Masuyama,
  • I Putu Sudiarta,
  • Dewa Ngurah Suprapta and
  • Fumitaka Shiotsu

7 January 2024

Improving agricultural productivity to ensure food security while maintaining sustainability is a challenge that needs to be overcome in Bali, Indonesia. Ten farmers in Karangasem Regency, which is among the areas in Bali with a low food security ind...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Crop Production and Agricultural Practices)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,785 Views
26 Pages

5 April 2025

The European Green Deal creates both opportunities and challenges in the process of transition to sustainable farming models. In modern conditions, it is crucial that this transition leads to a higher degree of sustainability of a healthy and environ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
10,758 Views
33 Pages

Fairtrade in Peru: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable and Equitable Agricultural Development

  • Dina Lucila Lozano Paredes,
  • Hiromi Okada Saavedra,
  • Julio Ricardo Moscoso Cuaresma,
  • Carlos Alberto Azabache Moran and ,
  • Katherine Norma del Pilar Yesquén Delgado,
  • Mirella Esther Diaz Cruz,
  • Vania Lucia Salazar Seminario,
  • Jhosep Pastor Pinto and
  • Tarek Amer Layseca
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

10 January 2025

Fairtrade, present in Peru since 1990, has been widely studied for its impact on agri-food production. This research, based on convenience surveys conducted with leaders and members of cooperatives and agri-exporting companies during the 2024 Peruvia...

(This article belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,142 Views
13 Pages

28 October 2022

This study assesses the impact of insecure land tenure on sustainable agricultural development in Africa to demonstrate how the economic profitability of agriculture strongly depends on land tenure security. The Republic of Benin is used as the case...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,861 Views
14 Pages

Cultivating Change: Perceptions and Attitudes of Agricultural Experts towards the Sustainable Development Goals

  • Moheb Qasemi,
  • Mohammad Sadegh Allahyari,
  • Tarek Ben Hassen,
  • Mohammad Iman Askari and
  • Hamid El Bilali

15 August 2023

The agricultural sector is crucial to attaining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) since it ensures food security, protects natural resources, and promotes rural livelihoods. However, the success of sustainable agricultural practices depends no...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Land Management, Climate Change and Food Security)
  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,325 Views
54 Pages

Soil Microbiome Responses to Sustainable Agricultural Practices

  • Dragana Miljaković,
  • Jelena Marinković,
  • Marjana Vasiljević,
  • Vuk Đorđević and ,
  • Marie Aristea Bakogianni,
  • Nikolaos Nikoloudakis and
  • Ioannis Manikas
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

11 September 2026

Agricultural practices based on sustainable principles (e.g., conservation tillage, crop rotation, cover cropping, and the application of organic inputs) have been tested for their potential to improve soil structure, enhance soil organic matter, and...

(This article belongs to the Section Agricultural Soils)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,329 Views
4 Pages

The question of how agricultural knowledge and innovation systems (AKISs) can address the issue of sustainable management of natural resources (SMNR) is presented in this conference paper. This literature review, which collected published research fr...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 17th International Conference of the Hellenic Association of Agricultural Economists)
  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
8,581 Views
14 Pages

4 July 2023

The Green Revolution still heavily influences the agricultural practices of small-scale farming enterprises employing unsustainable methods of cultivation. As a result, many initiatives have been developed to promote more environmentally friendly agr...

  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,828 Views
19 Pages

A Review on the Adoption of Sustainable Agricultural Practices in Southern Africa: Focus on Smallholder Farmers

  • Jonathan Thobane,
  • Jorine Ndoro,
  • Solly Molepo,
  • Batizi Serote and ,
  • Samkelisiwe Hlophe-Ginindza,
  • Sylvester Mpandeli,
  • Luxon Nhamo and
  • Salmina Mokgehle
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

13 October 2025

Food insecurity, financial loss, and a decline in agricultural output are among the significant challenges to the global food chain caused by extreme climatic events, high variability and change, rapid urbanization, and land degradation. Therefore, i...

(This article belongs to the Section Agricultural Economics, Policies and Rural Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
5,798 Views
17 Pages

24 August 2018

Research in the field of sustainability has been dominated by an instrumental logic in which social and environmental aspects are reduced to their ability to generate financial benefits. However, the increasing problems facing society are highlightin...

(This article belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,023 Views
20 Pages

Sustainable Agricultural Intensification in Four Tanzanian Villages—A View from the Ground and the Sky

  • Agnes Andersson Djurfeldt,
  • Ola Hall,
  • Aida Isinika,
  • Elibariki Msuya and
  • Genesis Tambang Yengoh

9 October 2020

Agricultural intensification based on smallholders is among many economists viewed as a necessary developmental path to ensure food security and poverty reduction in sub-Saharan Africa. Increasingly, a one-sided focus on raising productivity in cerea...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainability in Geographic Science)
  • Review
  • Open Access
210 Citations
26,839 Views
24 Pages

25 February 2025

Without transformative adaptation strategies, the impact of climate change is projected to reduce global crop yields and increase food insecurity, while rising greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions further exacerbate the crisis. While agriculture is a major...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Net-Zero Emissions for Sustainable Food Production and Land Management)
  • Review
  • Open Access
29 Citations
5,311 Views
18 Pages

20 September 2022

This study used a bibliometric analysis of 110 scientific papers published between 2002 and 2022 to overview the publication trends and growth potential of sustainable agricultural development assessment studies. The findings showed that the collabor...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,757 Views
20 Pages

Futures and forward contracts together offer farmers of all sizes important tools for shifting and managing production risk. This risk shifting is particularly apparent in the U.S. grain complex, where the United States also has a significant export...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,178 Views
19 Pages

Environmental Impacts and Attitudes of Agricultural Enterprises for Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development

  • Zuzana Juríčková,
  • Zuzana Lušňáková,
  • Marcela Hallová,
  • Elena Horská and
  • Monika Hudáková

28 September 2020

Recognising that implementing an agricultural enterprise impacts the state of the environment, its ecological stability, and the self- regulatory capabilities of ecosystems, the aim of this paper is to acquaint the professional and lay public about t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Contemporary Challenges of Agriculture and Rural Areas in the Context of Sustainable Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
574 Views
31 Pages

17 June 2026

Sustaining agricultural economic performance under climate and market disruptions has become a strategic priority for developing economies facing escalating climate risks and persistent rural development challenges. Using an unbalanced panel of 281 p...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)
  • Article
  • Open Access
105 Views
34 Pages

28 October 2026

Supply chain resilience supports sustainable agriculture by helping firms maintain operations and food supply during disruptions. This study examines whether agricultural digital public infrastructure strengthens agribusiness supply chain resilience,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Digital Transformation for Supply Chain Resilience and ESG Performance)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,306 Views
18 Pages

16 July 2024

The conservation of agricultural heritage systems (AHSs) has played a pivotal role in fostering the sustainable development of agriculture and safeguarding farmers’ livelihoods and food security worldwide. This significance is particularly evid...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Agriculture for Food and Nutrition Security)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,311 Views
25 Pages

21 December 2025

The development of New Quality Productive Forces (abbreviated as NQPFs) is crucial for agricultural modernization and agricultural sustainable growth in China. Leveraging panel data from 31 Chinese provinces (2012–2022), we employ a two-way fix...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Sustainable Agriculture and Economic Viability: The Role of Technology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,246 Views
36 Pages

Farmers’ Knowledge About Potato Cultivation and Their Perception of Agricultural Extension in Disseminating Sustainable Agricultural Practices in Saudi Arabia

  • Sultan Salem Algethami,
  • Mohammad Shayaa Al-Shayaa,
  • Abdulaziz Thabet Dabiah,
  • Ahmed Hasan Herab and
  • Jasser Shaman Alfridi

23 April 2026

The current study assesses farmers’ knowledge of land preparation for potato planting, potato crop inputs and production practices, healthy, high-quality, and disease-free potato seeds, and their perceptions of agricultural extension services....

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