Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) for sustainability assessment in food sector. A systematic literature review on methods, indicators and tools

G Ferla, B Mura, S Falasco, P Caputo… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
In the last decades, several studies have highlighted the significant impacts of the food
sector. Therefore, enhancing sustainability within this sector has become of paramount …

A review of the landscape of agroecology policies towards transforming food systems in Sub-Saharan Africa

KO Ouko, CL Yugi, MO Oketch, JB Mboya… - Cogent Social …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Sustainability serves as a normative principle in the context of food policy but also
represents a hotly debated arena. Ongoing crises in contemporary agriculture suggest that …

[HTML][HTML] Bright spots of agroecology in the Netherlands: A spatial analysis of agroecological practices and income stability

LA Verkuil, PH Verburg, C Levers, AE Stratton… - Agricultural …, 2024 - Elsevier
Context Agroecological practices are known to reduce environmental pressure of farming
systems and increase food system resilience in tropical regions. In contrast, in the temperate …

[HTML][HTML] Principles, barriers and enablers to agroecological animal production systems: a qualitative approach based on five case studies

B Dumont, C Barlagne, P Cassart, JE Duval… - animal, 2025 - Elsevier
Agroecology is among the most promising options to alleviate the negative impacts of
animal farming on the environment and build local food systems based on ethically …

The 10 Elements of Agroecology interconnected: Making them operational in FAO's work on agroecology

AJ Bicksler, A Mottet, D Lucantoni, MR Sy… - Elem Sci …, 2023 - online.ucpress.edu
Since 2014, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has played a
leading role in facilitating agroecology discussions and dialogues among many different …

Multidimensional performance of agroecology in mixed and agropastoral farming systems of Ethiopia: empirical evidence based on the tool for agroecological …

MG Wordofa, CS Aweke, GS Endris… - … and Sustainable Food …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study presents the results of agroecological performance evaluation in Ethiopia. The
study utilized the TAPE methodology on a relatively large number of farms (619). The results …

Multidimensional and multiscale assessment of agroecological transitions. A review

M Darmaun, T Chevallier, L Hossard… - … Journal of Agricultural …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Assessing benefits and limits of agroecological transitions in different contexts is of foremost
importance to steer and manage agroecological transitions and to feed evidence-based …

Lexical analysis improves the identification of contextual drivers and farm typologies in the assessment of transitions to agroecology through TAPE–A case study from …

VA El Mujtar, R Zamor, F Salmerón… - Agricultural …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract CONTEXT The Tool for Agroecological Performance Evaluation (TAPE) has been
developed to assess the degree of transition to agroecology (Step 1) and the agroecological …

[HTML][HTML] Agroecological performance of smallholder dairy cattle systems in the Peruvian Amazon

DM Pizarro, MG Erickson, CA Gómez-Bravo… - Agricultural …, 2025 - Elsevier
CONTEXT In Peru, silvopastoral systems have been included as a national measure to
address deforestation and mitigate carbon emissions. Limited studies have assessed the …

Can low-income consumers choose food from sustainable production methods?

G Hough, A Contarini - Current Opinion in Food Science, 2023 - Elsevier
The viability in low-income contexts of the following sustainable food production methods
will be considered: organic, agroecological, and partially, low greenhouse-gas emissions …