Bibliometric Analysis of the State of Research on Agroecology Adoption and Methods Used for Its Assessment

Théodore Nikiema (), Eugène C. Ezin and Sylvain Kpenavoun Chogou
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Théodore Nikiema: Institute of Mathematics and Physical Sciences (IMSP), University of Abomey-Calavi, Porto-Novo BP 613, Benin
Eugène C. Ezin: Institute of Mathematics and Physical Sciences (IMSP), University of Abomey-Calavi, Porto-Novo BP 613, Benin
Sylvain Kpenavoun Chogou: Faculty of Agronomic Sciences (FSA), University of Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou BP 526, Benin

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 21, 1-18

Abstract: As a sustainable and holistic approach to agriculture, agroecology has received considerable attention in recent years because of its potential to address the environmental, economic, and social challenges of agricultural systems. In order to identify key trends, influential authors, impactful journals, and emerging research themes surrounding the agroecological adoption topic, we performed a bibliometric analysis based on metadata from documents dealing with the topic and methods employed for its assessment over the period of January 1990 to July 2023, extracted from the Web of Science database. Based on the metadata of more than 1280 articles, our analyses show that the “identification of agroecology adoption determinants” and the “development of knowledge for food sovereignty” are among the trendiest research topics, while farming systems management and biodiversity issues are basic themes. The issue of analyzing agricultural productivity is more often linked to the impact of climate change. Also, we find that machine learning methods are not yet widely used to model the process of farm agroecological adoption. The contribution of African countries to the topic remains marginal in terms of documents produced, despite the predominance of traditional agriculture on the continent.

Keywords: agroecology; transition; metadata; farms; bibliometric method; machine learning; African countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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