Social dimensions of multifunctional agriculture in Europe - towards an interdisciplinary framework

Agriculture is embedded in and interacts with both its ecological social environments. Under the concept of ‘Multifunctional Agriculture’, these interactions receive attention from scientific political communities terms societal functions that can be fulfilled by farms. The discourse has focused on functions, while agriculture’s contributions are frequently mentioned but not systematically addressed. Accordingly, respective empirical results remain fragmented applied conceptual approaches barely integrated. To address this research gap, we conducted a systematic literature review European agriculture. Our analysis (a) disentangles different definitions categorizations found literature; (b) proposes an interdisciplinary framework categorization eases linkage relevant insights viewpoints; (c) paves way for differentiated recognition governance diverse potentially delivered farms their activities context.