Literature Review on Circular Economy Development in Agriculture with Bibliometrics Method

This paper uses 382 researchs from web of science to review on the topic circular economy development in agriculture. The author uses the bibliometrics method to find out the results, methodology for 23 years and the trend of this topic in the future. In the 336 articles, research methods were classified into three main categories: qualitative research, quantitative research, and mixed research with the qualitative research is much more numerous than quantitative and mixed research. The trend of this topic includes: (1) integrated approaches to reduce CO2 to stabilize climate change and related impacts, (2) Reasonable use of water: many studies show that good quality fresh water is an increasingly rare resource. (3) Seasonal, locally produced, environmentally friendly foods (organic, ecological, with limited energy and chemical inputs) will become increasingly important and utilized. (4) Environmental improvements in SMEs in local industrial zones (“industrial clusters”) can be achieved.