Abstract
The evolution of the agricultural sector around the world has generated positive and negative externalities at social, economic and environmental levels. These impacts from the modernization of agriculture would not be, themselves, problematic if the global balance were positive, in sustainable development. However, in some cases, the negative externalities overlap the positive outcomes, namely in soil pollution from the application of fertilizers and crop protection products. From this perspective, the main objective of this study is to explore the relationships between the two following topics: soil pollution and agricultural economics. For this a literature survey was performed from the Web of Science platform based on these two topics put together. From the Web of Science, 45 studies were found and were clustered and explored first through the software VOSviewer. The literature explored with this software was clustered into three groups and shows that the studies related with these topics highlight, namely, three aspects: the problem in question, the benefits and the losses. After this network analysis, the several documents were studied deeper through literature review. Agricultural policies, farmers perceptions, stakeholders’ involvement, farms’ multifunctionality, sustainability and adjusted agricultural practices are all questions to be taken into account in the feedback between soil pollution and agricultural economics.
Highlights
Amongst the various farming factors of production; the soil, its quality and characteristics play a determinant role for the performance of farms
This study may be an interesting contribution for the several stakeholders related with these topics, because it explores the several relationships evidenced by the studied literature related with soil pollution and agricultural economics
The aim of this study is to explore the literature related with the relationships between the two topics: soil pollution and agricultural economics
Summary
Amongst the various farming factors of production; the soil, its quality and characteristics play a determinant role for the performance of farms. This study may be an interesting contribution for the several stakeholders related with these topics, because it explores the several relationships evidenced by the studied literature related with soil pollution and agricultural economics (highlighted by the network visualization map). These insights could provide important support for the farmers and policymakers’ (for example) decisions. The literature review made, considering this previous network analysis, allows to better explore the respective information behind, each document, by issue In this way, after this introduction, this study will be structured into five more main sections. In the fifth part good practices for soil quality (and the inherent benefits) will be highlighted and in the sixth section will be a presentation of the main insights
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