Agroecology for Food and Water Security in Times of Climate Consciousness: A Bibliometric Analysis of Peer-Reviewed Literature Published from 1990 to 2020

Tavseef Mairaj Shah, Sumbal Tasawwar and Ralf Otterpohl
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Tavseef Mairaj Shah: Rural Revival and Restoration Engineering (RUVIVAL), Institute of Wastewater Management and Water Protection, Hamburg University of Technology, Eissendorfer Strasse 42, 21073 Hamburg, Germany
Sumbal Tasawwar: Rural Revival and Restoration Engineering (RUVIVAL), Institute of Wastewater Management and Water Protection, Hamburg University of Technology, Eissendorfer Strasse 42, 21073 Hamburg, Germany
Ralf Otterpohl: Rural Revival and Restoration Engineering (RUVIVAL), Institute of Wastewater Management and Water Protection, Hamburg University of Technology, Eissendorfer Strasse 42, 21073 Hamburg, Germany

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 9, 1-10

Abstract: The discrepancies in our food systems have become more pronounced in the last couple of years due to natural disasters of huge magnitude and the current pandemic, that have served to make them visible to a wider range of population. As a result, a shift to agroecological food and farming systems is currently being advocated at different levels. An agroecological approach to food systems involves consideration of all their interactions with the major challenges of our time—food security, water scarcity, climate change, socioeconomic disparity. This paper presents a bibliometric study of peer reviewed literature about the role of agroecology in relation to either or all of these challenges, published between 1990 and 2020. 1990 was the year in which IPCC published its first assessment report that set into motion many framework agreements and protocols regarding climate change. In 2019 and 2020, IPBES and iPES-Food released separate reports advocating an urgent agricultural transition based on agroecological methodologies. There has been an exponential increase in the published research in this field in this time period, whereas an overwhelming majority of the publications were filed under the subject areas of agricultural and biological sciences, environmental sciences, and social sciences. In addition to the increasing acceptance of the role of agroecology to address the challenges of our times, the results of this analysis point to the cross-cutting nature of issues agroecology caters to.

Keywords: agroecology; food security; water security; bibliometric analysis; data visualization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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