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September 18, 2026International Journal of Agricultural SustainabilityOpen Access

Thirty years of agroecology research trends in Africa: a bibliometric analysis using the scopus database

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TLTina LEŠNIKEOErick OgelloNONicholas Outa

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Bibliometric analysis reveals a shift toward sustainability policy alongside weak research networks in African agroecology, highlighting the need for stronger regional collaboration.

Key Points

  • To systematically map and assess the historical development, thematic focus, and scientific collaboration patterns of agroecology research in Africa from 1994 to 2024.
  • Retrieved and analyzed 397 peer-reviewed articles indexed in the Scopus database published between 1994 and 2024.
  • Applied VOSviewer software to map keyword co-occurrence, co-authorship networks, and thematic clusters across the literature.
  • Publication volume increased steadily over 30 years, transitioning from specific crop and soil practices toward integrated themes in sustainability and policy.
  • Research output remained concentrated in a narrow group of high-impact journals, accompanied by sparse regional and international co-authorship networks.

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LEŠNIK et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aad0bb6de0393d728b8a129https://doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2026.2712702
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