Dear Colleagues,

We cordially invite you to contribute to this Special Issue that targets analyses showcasing how market dynamics, policy interventions, and institutional changes can reorient agricultural economics toward more sustainable and resilient agricultural food value chains.

The scope of this Special Issue is oriented toward topics such as agricultural value chain governance, resource efficiency, innovative circular economy models through the eco-design of agricultural value chains, and policy evaluation, approached through the lens of the urgency gained amid increasing market volatility, geopolitical conflicts, climate change, and resource scarcity.

The papers published in this Special Issue should supplement the existing literature by moving beyond traditional efficiency-oriented one-sided analyses toward comprehensive systemic assessments of agricultural economies that account for environmental externalities, social inclusion, long-term resilience, and other drivers of sustainability for agri-food value chains. By combining theoretical perspectives with empirical evidence, this Special Issue seeks to offer innovative instruments, tools, metrics, and policy insights that inform the design of sustainable agri-food value chains capable of addressing the challenges of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Dr. Marius Constantin
Prof. Dr. Raluca Ignat
Prof. Dr. Donatella Privitera
Guest Editors



https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/28HIJ59KCL