Sustainable Agrifood Technologies
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Agriculture".
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Several events related to sustainability and related applications have been developing all over the world during the last year. One of the specific events that has been celebrated for this purpose was the first university conference on agrifood innovation and sustainability (I Congreso Universitario en Innovación y Sostenibilidad Agroalimentaria, CUISA) (https://cuisa.edu.umh.es). This last event was celebrated at the Polytechnic School of Orihuela (EPSO), from the Miguel Hernández University of Elche (Spain), between 24th and 25th September, 2020. The next edition will be celebrated on the 16th and 17th September, 2021. Additionally, for agrifood innovation and sustainability, the main objective of this event was promoting the interchange of knowledge between students and young researchers. In this congress, 104 participants were registered and 73 communications were presented, 54 of them orally and 19 as posters, by young researchers undertaking master's and doctoral studies, or recent doctorates. Most of the participants in this congress were Spanish, although participants from countries such as Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru and China should also be highlighted. The communications that were presented included different aspects of agricultural and livestock production, from genetic resources and the most numerous production techniques, to the use of byproducts and the economy of agrifood companies, always from the point of view of the environment and with special emphasis on the production of goods of excellent quality and with benefits for the health of consumers. The scope of this Special Issue, Sustainable Agrifood Technologies, is based on these 12 generic topics:
1. Improvement and biotechnology in plant production.
2. Horticulture, citrus, fruit growing, viticulture and crop protection.
3. Sustainable agriculture, climate change and environmental stresses.
4. Production, welfare and quality in animal production.
5. Industrial and agricultural facilities.
6. Water, nutrition and energy management in horticulture.
7. The uses of territory, the valuation of agricultural resources and rural development.
8. Agricultural economics and business management.
9. The management and recovery of organic waste in agriculture.
10. Processing and innovation for products of animal origin.
11. The postharvest and processing of vegetable products.
12. Functional nutrition, sensory quality and health.
Prof. Dr. Antonio Ruiz-Canales
Prof. Dr. Manuel Ferrández-Villena
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Agromotics
- Energy efficiency in agriculture
- Water efficiency in agriculture
- Adaptation and resilience to global change in agriculture
- Environmental sustainability in agriculture
- Economical sustainability in agriculture
- Social sustainability in agriculture
- Renewable energy self-sufficiency in agriculture
- The valorization of vegetable wastes
- Sustainable vegetable production
- Sustainable animal production
- Sustainable systems in agriculture
- Sustainable innovative products
- Sustainable postharvest
- Sustainable food
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