Investigating Published Research towards a Fossil-Energy-Free Agriculture Transformation

Athanasios T. Balafoutis, Magdalena Borzecka, Stelios Rozakis, Katerina Troullaki, Foteini Vandorou and Malgorzata Wydra
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Athanasios T. Balafoutis: Centre of Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), Institute for Bioeconomy and Agritechnology (iBO), Ethnarchou Makariou 34, 16341 Ilioupoli, Greece
Magdalena Borzecka: Department of Bioeconomy and Systems Analysis, Institute of Soil Sciences and Plant Cultivation (IUNG-PIB), Czartoryskich 8, 24-100 Puławy, Poland
Katerina Troullaki: Bioeconomy and Biosystems Economics Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete (TUC), Akrotiri Campus, 73100 Chania, Greece
Foteini Vandorou: Centre of Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), Institute for Bioeconomy and Agritechnology (iBO), Ethnarchou Makariou 34, 16341 Ilioupoli, Greece
Malgorzata Wydra: Department of Bioeconomy and Systems Analysis, Institute of Soil Sciences and Plant Cultivation (IUNG-PIB), Czartoryskich 8, 24-100 Puławy, Poland

Energies, 2024, vol. 17, issue 17, 1-22

Abstract: The defossilisation of the agricultural sector is driven by intense worldwide academic research on non-fossil, renewable and energy-efficient agriculture, and the acknowledgment of the need for sustainable farming practices. For this purpose, not only technical transformations but also socio-technical system changes towards sustainability need to take place in a co-evolutionary manner. This paper investigates structural and qualitative characteristics of the knowledge produced by research on fossil-energy-free agriculture. We provide evidence on the worldwide research directions, as well as investigate whether academic research and publicly funded research projects foster knowledge creation for the desired transformation. Bibliographic maps are constructed using a query-based methodology as social networks to investigate the efficiency of the EU-funded research to achieve the goals set for the 2050 EU Green Deal. The H2020-funded papers are further analysed with dictionary-based text analysis to quantify the relative emphasis of different types of knowledge in the text. This approach is eventually used to relate transformational capacity to project profiles in the European Union, to evaluate past funding schemes and to improve the shape of future research programs on renewable and sustainable agriculture.

Keywords: agricultural research; sustainable agriculture; fossil-energy-free; defossilisation; transformative knowledge; social network analysis; dictionary-based content analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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