Agricultural sustainability and resilience are increasingly crucial in the face of profound environmental challenges and global transformations impacting agri-food production systems. The mounting pressures of climate change, resource scarcity, and ecosystem degradation necessitate a paradigm shift toward holistic agricultural production systems. Despite advancements in agricultural technology and methodologies, a critical gap remains in understanding how to effectively integrate sustainability practices with resilience-building strategies while addressing synergies and trade-offs across ecological, economic, and social dimensions.
Recent research has advanced knowledge in areas such as climate-resilient agriculture, agroecology, smart-farming, soil conservation, and water management. However, comprehensive approaches that harmoniously combine these elements while balancing productivity, environmental stewardship, and economic viability remain underexplored. The interdependencies between sustainability and resilience require deeper investigation, particularly regarding the trade-offs between short-term productivity gains and long-term system stability, as well as the synergies that can drive transformative change.
This Research Topic aims to examine innovative strategies, integrated methodologies, and adaptive governance practices that merge sustainability and resilience within future agri-food systems. The primary objectives are to elucidate the interconnections between ecological stewardship, socio-economic viability, and productive resilience; explore practical solutions and cutting-edge technologies that enhance agricultural adaptability; and assess evidence-based policy frameworks, governance mechanisms, and market incentives that can facilitate this transition. Emphasizing the interactions among these dimensions, this collection will highlight stakeholder engagement, agroecological principles, and community-driven approaches essential for fostering resilient and sustainable agricultural landscapes.
To gather further insights within the scope of sustainable and resilient agri-food systems we welcome submissions addressing both resilience and sustainability within the themes listed below:
• Advances in sustainable input management practices ensuring system resilience
• Implementation and scaling of sustainable and climate-resilient agricultural techniques
• Role and potential of sustainable agroforestry systems in enhancing resilience
• Precision farming technologies and their contribution to sustainability and resilience
• Adaptive governance structures and policy frameworks supportive of sustainable agriculture and system
resilience
• Market incentives and economic tools promoting sustainability and resilience
• Knowledge transfer, capacity-building methodologies, and stakeholder engagement strategies
• Empowering local communities for sustainable and resilient agri-food system transformations.
Accepted article types include original research, systematic review, methods, review, policy and practice reviews, hypothesis & theory, technology and code, mini review, perspective, community case study, conceptual analysis, policy brief, brief research report, data report, general commentary, and opinion paper.
Article types and fees
This Research Topic accepts the following article types, unless otherwise specified in the Research Topic description:
- Community Case Study
- Conceptual Analysis
- Editorial
- General Commentary
- Hypothesis and Theory
- Methods
- Mini Review
- Opinion
- Original Research
Articles that are accepted for publication by our external editors following rigorous peer review incur a publishing fee charged to Authors, institutions, or funders.
Keywords: Regenerative Agriculture, Resilient Food Systems, Agroecological Transitions, Climate Adaptation Strategies, Governance And Policy Frameworks, Ecosystem Services In Agriculture, Sustainable Resource Management
Important note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.