Agricultural Economic Transformation and Sustainable Development: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Agriculture".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 15
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Interests: regional development; rural policy; rural development; energy and development; management of integrated rural development programmes
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Interests: applied economics; regional development models; bioeconomy; agricultural economics; rural development; rural policy
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Interests: agricultural economics; marketing; management of agricultural enterprises; agricultural cooperatives; quality assurance
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The global agricultural economy is changing as both the dynamics of world trade and international instabilities and crises directly and catalytically affect it. The disparities between rich and poor countries are essentially reflected in the structure of their agricultural sector, while environmental and economic crises, epidemics, and war conflicts have direct effects on prices and supply chains, but also on people's quality of life. Although these difficulties create a global gloomy environment, the agricultural economy is also changing in a positive way as national and supranational formations, such as those of the European Union, have consistently followed a changing agricultural policy for decades, so as to address the dynamics of events. In this context, this Special Issue aims to highlight both the problems, but also the solutions, in relation to achieving sustainable development in rural areas, with a focus on the rural economy, as well as its various aspects and differentiations.
The scope and focus of this Special Issue are specifically presented in the keywords/topics that follow. The transformation of the agricultural economy is fully linked with integrated sustainable development and touches on aspects related to agrofood strategies, bioeconomy, precision agriculture, organic farming, and the marketing of agricultural products, among other things. In this Special Issue, we also aim to cover all aspects under the concept of agricultural economy transformation, and we do not follow the existing literature that usually studies the topics separately.
This Special Issue aims to publish high-quality theoretical or empirical research papers that highlight aspects of the agriculture economy transformation and agricultural policies. International or country-specific research is welcomed.
Prof. Dr. Fotios Chatzitheodoridis
Prof. Dr. Efstratios Loizou
Dr. Achilleas Kontogeorgos
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- agriculture resilience and sustainability
- agricultural policy
- CAP reform
- farm-to-fork strategy
- rural development
- LEADER and CLLD strategies
- tourism alternative forms and sustainability
- protected designations of origin and geographical indications (PDO and PGI)
- sustainable rural development and culture
- Climate change
- EU green deal
- biodiversity and agriculture
- organic agriculture
- bioeconomy and circular economy
- agricultural economy
- precision agriculture
- international trade of agrofood products
- impacts of international crises and instabilities on agricultural product markets and supply chains
- sustainability, farm management, and informatics
- marketing of agricultural products
- consumer behavior
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