CONTEXT The ability of a farm to cope with challenges is often conceptualised as resilience.
Although improving resilience of farms is a major policy goal in the European Union, the …

The intensive usage of synthetic fertilisers and pesticides helps Dutch arable farmers to
secure high yields at low costs. However, this intensive arable production system also …

The coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic has forced global food systems to face
unprecedented uncertain shocks even in terms of human health. Urban agriculture is …

Agriculture is one of the sectors most exposed to a plethora of risky phenomena such as
weather, pests and diseases, changes in prices and government policies, instability of …

Finding pathways to enhance the resilience of farming systems (FSs) in Europe is key, given
the increasing challenges threatening them. FSs are complex socio-ecological systems in …

Dairy farming is physically hard, with limited freedom due to twice-daily milking duties and
low revenues. Moreover, globalization, deregulation and trade liberalization have …

Abstract The Income Stabilisation Tool (IST), which was recently added to the European
Common Agricultural Policy's risk management toolkit, is a mutual fund that aims at …

Smart insurance designs (eg tailoring insurances to the individual farm) and technological
progress (eg advances in satellite technology) enable improvements in insurance schemes …

Greater resilience is needed for farms to deal with shocks and disturbances originating from
economic, environmental, social and institutional challenges, with resilience achieved by …

What exactly is resilience and how can it be enhanced? Farming systems in Europe are
rapidly evolving while at the same time being under threat, as seen by the disappearance of …