Bibliometric Analysis of Regenerative, Organic, and Ecological Farming Practices: Implications for Sustainable Agricultural Development in Moldova

Abstract

The study explores the regenerative agriculture paradigms based on a literature re-view sourced from the Web of Science database. Moldova’s climate change and soil erosion underline the need for a sustainable agriculture and new farming solutions. These solutions include a paradigm shift towards circularity in agricultural practices. The purpose of this study is to explore publication trends in Moldova and interconnections within the global academic discourse on regenerative agriculture. A total of 138 articles published were analysed using bibliometric tools. The findings reveal an in-crease in scholarity interest over past years, particularly ecological agriculture that remains most extensively researched theme in Moldova. Keywords analysis and co-occurrence analysis highlights emerging themes such as biodiversity, sustainable food systems or sustainable farming. The bibliometric mapping clarifies landscape and evolution of regenerative agriculture and future directions for interdisciplinary re-search, while bibliometric co-occurrence of 3 notions is applied and further will serve for policy decisions within the country and evidence-based research planning. Through this research it is underscored the importance to embrace regenerative agriculture practices to address environmental challenges and promote sustainable development in Moldova. The article was developed within the framework of Subprogram 030101 „Strengthening the resilience, competitiveness, and sustainability of the economy of the Republic of Moldova in the context of the accession process to the European Union”, institutional funding. JEL: Q01, Q10, Q56, O13