Investigating Published Research towards a Fossil-Energy-Free Agriculture Transformation

dc.contributor.authorBalafoutis, Athanasios T.
dc.contributor.authorBorzecka, Magdalena
dc.contributor.authorRozakis, Stelios
dc.contributor.authorTroullaki, Katerina
dc.contributor.authorVandorou, Foteini
dc.contributor.authorWydra, MaƂgorzata
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-06T22:39:00Z
dc.date.available2024-09-06T22:39:00Z
dc.date.issued2024-09-03
dc.description.abstractThe defossilisation of the agricultural sector is driven by intense worldwide academic research on non-fossil, renewable and energy-efficient agriculture, and the acknowledgment of the need for sustainable farming practices. For this purpose, not only technical transformations but also socio-technical system changes towards sustainability need to take place in a co-volutionary manner. This paper investigates structural and qualitative characteristics of the knowledge produced by research on fossil-energy-free agriculture. We provide evidence on the worldwide research directions, as well as investigate whether academic research and publicly funded research projects foster knowledge creation for the desired transformation. Bibliographic maps are constructed using a query-based methodology as social networks to investigate the efficiency of the EU-funded research to achieve the goals set for the 2050 EU Green Deal. The H2020-funded papers are further analysed with dictionary-based text analysis to quantify the relative emphasis of different types of knowledge in the text. This approach is eventually used to relate transformational capacity to project profiles in the European Union, to evaluate past funding schemes and to improve the shape of future research programs on renewable and sustainable agriculture.
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study has been developed as part of the Horizon 2020 AgroFossilFree project (www.agrofossilfree.eu) and we would like to thank the partner entities of the project for their contribution during its implementation.
dc.identifier.citationBalafoutis, A.T.; Borzecka, M.; Rozakis, S.; Troullaki, K.; Vandorou, F.; Wydra, M. Investigating Published Research towards a Fossil-Energy-Free Agriculture Transformation. Energies 2024, 17, 4409. https://doi.org/10.3390/ en17174409
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/en17174409
dc.identifier.issn1996-1073
dc.identifier.urihttps://bc.iung.pl/handle/123456789/1838
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectagricultural research
dc.subjectsustainable agriculture
dc.subjectfossil-energy-free
dc.subjectdefossilisation
dc.subjecttransformative knowledge
dc.subjectsocial network analysis
dc.subjectdictionary-based content analysis
dc.titleInvestigating Published Research towards a Fossil-Energy-Free Agriculture Transformation
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