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To evaluate the evolution, challenges, and systemic potential of agroecology in transforming European agricultural and food systems.

August 15, 2026Agroecology and Sustainable Food SystemsOpen Access

Systemic perspectives on agroecology’s potential to transform European agriculture and food systems: A review

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SWSeerp WigboldusWageningen University & Research AWAlexander WezelAgroécologie JDJens DauberJohann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut

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Systematic review reveals systemic barriers and value conflicts facing European agroecology, highlighting the need for multifaceted transition strategies across agricultural food systems.

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To evaluate the evolution, challenges, and systemic potential of agroecology in transforming European agricultural and food systems.
Synthesized recent literature on European agroecological practices, productivity, and economic viability.
Analyzed insights and frameworks from European Union collaborative agricultural transition projects.
Diverse definitions spanning farm-level practices to broader food system redesign create ambiguity that impedes policy progress.
Principle-based frameworks enhance resilience and localized adaptability but remain vulnerable to superficial co-optation by industrial interests.
Conflicting stakeholder values regarding productivity and transition pathways preclude a single roadmap, necessitating multifaceted transition strategies.

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Wigboldus et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a801a1a75c2e31742c868dc https://doi.org/10.1080/21683565.2026.2710292

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Systematic review reveals systemic barriers and value conflicts facing European agroecology, highlighting the need for multifaceted transition strategies across agricultural food systems.

Systemic perspectives on agroecology’s potential to transform European agriculture and food systems: A review

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Systemic perspectives on agroecology’s potential to transform European agriculture and food systems: A review

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