Recent Contributions of Agricultural Economics Research in the Field of Sustainable Development

• Main Authors: Danilo Bertoni, Daniele Cavicchioli, Franco Donzelli, Giovanni Ferrazzi, Dario G. Frisio, Roberto Pretolani, Elena Claire Ricci, Vera Ventura
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2018-12-01
• Series: Agriculture
• Subjects: agri-food economics; environmental sustainability; agriculture; agbiotech; consumer; migration
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/8/12/200

Sustainable development is more often considered by media, public opinion, and politicians to be the main goal our society should attempt to pursue in the coming years. To this aim, academic researchers have made sustainability one of the main objects of their studies. This work focuses on environmental sustainability and presents a brief overview of how it is taken into consideration in the agricultural economics field by considering this topic from different perspectives and thus highlighting how this field is gradually broadening its scope to include sustainable development objectives. Our analysis shows that the path towards sustainable development is strongly correlated to the protection of the environment. Therefore, agricultural policies aimed at protecting and preserving the environment, and, more in general, innovation along the agri-food chain, together with consumer attention towards environmental issues, can play an important role in achieving this objective.