• Can organic farming reduce vulnerabilities and enhance the resilience of the European food system? A critical assessment using system dynamics structural thinking tools 

      Brzezina, Natalia; Kopainsky, Birgit; Mathijs, Erik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-09-24)
      In a world of growing complexity and uncertainty, food systems must be resilient, i.e., able to deliver sustainable and equitable food and nutrition security in the face of multiple shocks and stresses. The resilience of ...
    • Development of organic farming in Europe at the crossroads: Looking for the way forward through system archetype lenses 

      Brzezina, Natalia; Biely, Katharina; Helfgott, Ariella; Kopainsky, Birgit; Vervoort, Joost; Mathijs, Erik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-05-15)
      Over the last several decades, policymakers and stakeholders in the European Union (EU) have put considerable effort into increasing the adoption of organic farming, with the overall objective of its sustainable development. ...
    • Impact of Covid-19 on farming systems in Europe through the lens of resilience thinking 

      Meuwissen, M.P.M.; Feindt, P.H.; Slijper, T.; Spiegel, A.; Finger, Robert; de Mey, Yann; Paas, W.; Termeer, Catrien J.A.M.; Poortvliet, P.M.; Peneva, Mariya; Urquhart, J.; Vigani, M.; Black, J.E.; Nicholas-Davies, P.; Maye, Damian; Appel, F.; Heinrich, F.; Balmann, Alfons; Bijttebier, J.; Coopmans, I.; Wauters, E.; Mathijs, Erik; Hansson, H.; Lagerkvist, Carl-Johan; Rommel, J.; Manevska-Tasevska, G.; Accatino, F.; Pineau, C.; Soriano, B.; Bardaji, I.; Severini, Simone; Senni, Saverio; Zinnanti, C.; Gavrilescu, Camelia; Bruma, I.S.; Dobay, K.M.; Matei, D.; Tanasa, L.; Voicilas, D.M.; Zawalińska, Katarzyna; Gradziuk, P.; Krupin, V.; Martikainen, A.; Herrera de Leon, Hugo J.; Reidsma, Pytrik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Context Resilience is the ability to deal with shocks and stresses, including the unknown and previously unimaginable, such as the Covid-19 crisis. Objective This paper assesses (i) how different farming systems were ...