Mapping the Research into Mental Health in the Farming Environment: A Bibliometric Review from Scopus and WoS Databases

Manel Díaz Llobet, Manel Plana-Farran (), Micaela L. Riethmuller, Victor Rodríguez Lizano, Silvia Solé Cases and Mercè Teixidó
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Manel Díaz Llobet: GRIHO Research Group, Universitat de Lleida, Jaume II St. 69, 25001 Lleida, Spain
Manel Plana-Farran: Facultat de Dret, Economia I Turisme (FDET), Universitat de Lleida, Jaume II St. 73, 25001 Lleida, Spain
Micaela L. Riethmuller: School of Population Health, Curtin University, Kent Street Bentley, P.O. Box U1987, Perth 6102, Australia
Victor Rodríguez Lizano: Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Costa Rica, San José 11501-2060, Costa Rica
Silvia Solé Cases: Faculty of Nursing and Physiotherapy, Universitat de Lleida, Montserrat Roig 2, 25006 Lleida, Spain
Mercè Teixidó: GRIHO Research Group, Universitat de Lleida, Jaume II St. 69, 25001 Lleida, Spain

Agriculture, 2023, vol. 14, issue 1, 1-15

Abstract: A significant part of the world economy is devoted to agriculture. The sector accounts for 27% of global employment and 4% of global GDP. Approximately 28.5 million farms are located in Europe and Latin America. In this sector, many uncertainties negatively impact farmers’ mental and emotional well-being. Many factors contribute to increased stress and a worsening of farmers’ mental health, including health problems resulting from the conducting their profession, economic uncertainty, the effects of climate change, and technological changes in the agricultural sector. Despite the existence of literature review studies related to mental health in agriculture, no bibliometric review study has been conducted. This article presents the first in-depth bibliometric analysis of the scientific literature on mental health in agriculture and operates based on Scopus and Web of Science databases. The results are presented as tables and explanatory diagrams describing the findings. The findings show the exponential increase in research in the last ten years and the evolution towards more social and health-related topics across the previous five years. The most common keywords are “suicide”, “stress”, and “depression”. No topic has been found where the current scientific production was significantly larger than the rest, indicating the wide variety of research sub-topics in this field.

Keywords: mental health; farming; bibliometrics; agriculture; review (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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