Agroecological approaches have the potential to reduce the adverse impacts of agriculture

The gap

Evidence profile

Sourced from the stated research gap and future-work section and synthesized and future work and abstract of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2024 and 2026, spanning 4 journals. Those papers have been cited 9 times in total.

Supporting evidence — 8 representative gaps

• The multidimensional performance of agroecology: what we know and what we are yet to learn (2026) · Frontiers in Agronomy · doi

  The paper identifies a gap in understanding the economic benefits of agroecology. There is a lack of evidence on the impact of agroecology on large-scale financial and institutional support. The paper highlights the need for more research on the context-specific suitability and performance of agroecological practices.

  generalstated research gap
  Keywords: paper identifies gap understanding economic benefits agroecology there
• The multidimensional performance of agroecology: what we know and what we are yet to learn (2026) · Frontiers in Agronomy · doi

  concerted efforts by the scientific community to support evidence-based agroecological transitions, - development of appropriate methodologies to collect evidence on how the implementation of national strategies or policies shape food system transformation, - further research on the impact of agroecology on biodiversity and climate change mitigation

  generalfuture-work section
  Keywords: concerted efforts scientific community support evidence-based agroecological transitions
• Agroecology in West Africa: the pathway towards a sustainable transition of agri-food systems? A review (2026) · Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems · doi

  The available evidence on the potential of agroecology for food systems transformation remains insufficient. There is a need for more context-specific and multidimensional science on agroecology. The paper identifies a gap in the documentation of the nature and magnitude of agroecology's contributions to addressing environmental and food-systems challenges.

  generalstated research gap
  Keywords: available evidence potential agroecology food systems transformation remains
• Measuring food security in European countries: limitations of the global food security index and its comparison with the DEA approach (2024) · Regional Statistics · cited 4× · doi

  Food security assessments in this set focus on global and regional scales or single-country case studies, but none systematically compare agritech adoption and food security outcomes across multiple developing regions with different agroecological conditions, infrastructure capacity, or market access.

  generalsynthesizedevidence 5/5
  Keywords: food security assessments set focus global regional scales
• Agroecological transition can boost Kenya’s food system: evidence from a cost–benefit analysis of the mango value chain (2026) · Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems · doi

  Acknowledgments While this study provides a comprehensive economic assessment of agroecological transition, the social health, and environmental aspects were explored qualitatively and not quantified. Future studies could focus on quantifying the environmental, social, and health impacts of agroecological interventions as well as expanding such analyses to other value chains. This will strengthen generalizability and provide more targeted guidance for policy, investment, and sus- tainable food systems development.

  generalfuture workevidence 5/5
  Keywords: agroecological social health environmental acknowledgments provides comprehensive economic assessment transition aspects explored qualitatively quantified future
• The multidimensional performance of agroecology: what we know and what we are yet to learn (2026) · Frontiers in Agronomy · doi

  While the emerging evidence on the contribution of agroecology to food security, nutrition, economic development and environmental sustainability is compelling, there is scarce and sometimes negative evidence on agroecology's role in increasing farmers' and indigenous communities' agency as well as empowering women and youth.

  generalabstractevidence 5/5
  Keywords: evidence agroecology emerging contribution food security nutrition economic development environmental sustainability compelling there scarce sometimes
• Trends and Challenges in the Implementation of Agricultural Sustainable Models in the Face of Climate Change: A Review (2026) · Agriculture · cited 5× · doi

  The gap in the current literature is the lack of comprehensive analyses of agro-sustainable models that consider environmental, socio-economic, and governance dimensions simultaneously. The study aims to fill this gap by prioritizing analyses of comprehensive agro-sustainable models.

  generalstated research gapevidence 5/5
  Keywords: gap current literature lack comprehensive analyses agro-sustainable models
• The multidimensional performance of agroecology: what we know and what we are yet to learn (2026) · Frontiers in Agronomy · doi

  Yet, limited evidence for the actual contribution of agroecology to achieving societal goals particulalry economic benefits for farmers has often been referred to as a critical barrier for its wider adoption as well as for large-scale financial and institutional support (e.

  generalabstractevidence 4/5
  Keywords: limited evidence actual contribution agroecology achieving societal goals particulalry economic benefits farmers often referred critical

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