SCOPING ECONOMISTS’ CONTRIBUTION TO AGROECOLOGY: A REVIEW

In the last years, agroecology has gained prominence as one of the innovative approaches that could positively contribute to achieving sustainable food systems. As a transdisciplinary science, agroecology could benefit from the contribution of toolbox coming from the economics domain. This study aims to give an overview of how agricultural economists have approached and contributed to this field of study. A scoping review was conducted by using the PRISMA methodology. From a total of 1.896 initially identified, 73 articles were finally selected according to eligibility criteria. The selected body of literature provides an overview and systematize existing literature. The first results showed that the main areas investigated are i) the assessment of economic performances and ii) the analysis of drivers and barriers, while fewer studies concerned iii) the analysis of public policies and iv) the consumers studies. Future development of the research protocol should further relax the query and to extend the search to other databases (e.g. WOS).