Sustainable Agricultural Systems: Enhancing Efficiency and Reducing Environmental Impact

Dear Colleagues,

The global awareness of environmental issues has increased and become a theme considered by consumers and policy makers, often used as international trade barrier and even to promote new market niches. Agricultural production systems have been targeted as sources of environmental impact, motivating the adoption of rational input use as a goal for decision makers.

This Special Issue aims to collect studies that contribute to environmental awareness through systemic approaches toward achievable production chains or components of them. Tools to improve environmental efficiency, such as (bio)technological adoption, alternative production means, waste utilization, the food–water–energy relationship, etc., that can be quantified to measure environmental footprints are examples of the cutting edge studies being published.

This Special Issue invites manuscripts regarding environmental footprints to highlight the solutions suggested, keeping sustainability at the forefront of investigations, where the paths that are explored should lead to the higher efficiency of biosystems. All types of manuscript submissions are welcome and will undergo a rigorous peer-review process.

Prof. Dr. Thiago Libório Romanelli
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Agronomy is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.