What do we (not) know about agricultural economic resilience? Insights from the systematic literature review

    Mangirdas Morkūnas Info
    Agnė Žičkienė Info
    Artiom Volkov Info
    Viktorija Skvarciany Info
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3846/btp.2025.23651

Abstract

The present paper explores the current state of knowledge about the agricultural economic resilience phenomenon. By applying a comprehensive and multifaceted literature review approach the emerging research fields in the area, current level of the operationalization of the agricultural economic resilience notion and challenges in the measurement of the agricultural economic resilience are discussed. The research is supplemented by the bibliographic analysis, which indicates the five main thematic areas in the agricultural economic resilience field evolving around food security issues, hurdles in measuring the agricultural resilience, systems-network approach on the agricultural resilience, agricultural ability to adapt to external perturbations and importance of the agricultural economic resilience in assuring the decent livelihood for the rural population of the least developed regions. The potential perspective research avenues for the future research on agricultural economic resilience are proposed.

Keywords:

agriculture, economic resilience, agricultural resilience, bibliographic analysis

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Morkūnas, M., Žičkienė, A., Volkov, A., & Skvarciany, V. (2025). What do we (not) know about agricultural economic resilience? Insights from the systematic literature review. Business: Theory and Practice, 26(2), 287–304. https://doi.org/10.3846/btp.2025.23651

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