This paper reviews the findings from the last 20 years on the behavioural factors that
influence farmers, decisions to adopt environmentally sustainable practices. It also proposes …

Increasing pressure for food security and sustainability as well as a need to halt
environmental degradation has focused attention on increasing the efficient use of farm …

CONTEXT Farm typologies help to identify patterns across a wide range of farm systems and
describe heterogeneity in agriculture concisely. They can also support the design of …

This book explores the position, role and significance of the peasantry in an era of
globalization, particularly of the agrarian markets and food industries. It argues that the …

Abstract Ecological Focus Areas (EFAs) are one of the three new greening measures of the
European Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). We used an interdisciplinary and European …

Increasing interest is being shown in result-oriented agri-environmental schemes. Such
schemes have the advantage of encouraging farmers to innovate to produce environmental …

Since the 1950s, intensification and scale enlargement of agriculture have changed
agricultural landscapes across Europe. The intensification and scale enlargement of farming …

Research on sustainability in agriculture often focuses on reducing the environmental
impacts of production systems. However, environmentally friendly production methods may …

In the last decade the multifunctional agriculture (MFA) concept has emerged as a key
notion in scientific and policy debates on the future of agriculture and rural development …

The lack of timely adaptation in agriculture may hamper prosperous farm developments by
neglecting risks and opportunities emerging from climate change. Understanding farmers' …