Sustainability

Planning and Sustainable Management of Irrigation in Agricultural Operations

edited by

Ripendra Awal

,

Davie M. Kadyampakeni

and

Rhuanito S. Ferrarezi

submission deadline 26 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5218 | Submission Open

Keywords: irrigation scheduling; smart agriculture; irrigation system; irrigation and drainage management; sustainable agriculture; water use efficiency; agricultural water management; precision irrigation; climate change; microirrigation; artificial intelligence; field production; controlled environment agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Climate Change and Sustainable Food Production

edited by

Grzegorz Zaguła

submission deadline 27 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 15884 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; sustainable food production; the impact of climate change on food production

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainability in the Global Dairy Sector: Challenges and Opportunities

edited by

Rajeev Bhat

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 11 articles | Viewed by 23289 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovative technologies; sustainable production; valorization strategies; circular bioeconomy; climate change; carbon footprint; functional products; blockchain technology; IoT; digitalization; supply chain management; regulatory & safety issues; food security and education; energy crisis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Agricultural Economic Transformation and Sustainable Development

edited by

Fotios Chatzitheodoridis

,

Efstratios Loizou

and

Achilleas Kontogeorgos

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 14 articles | Viewed by 19107 | Submission Open

Keywords: agriculture resilience and sustainability; agricultural policy; CAP reform; farm-to-fork strategy; rural development; LEADER and CLLD strategies; tourism alternative forms and sustainability; protected designations of origin and geographical indications (PDO and PGI); sustainable rural development and culture; climate change; EU green deal; biodiversity and agriculture; organic agriculture; bioeconomy and circular economy; agricultural economy; precision agriculture; international trade of agro-food products; impacts of international crises and instabilities on agricultural products markets and supplies chains; sustainability; farm management; and informatics; marketing of agricultural products; consumer behavior

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Advancing Ruminant Nutrition for Sustainable Agriculture: Current Challenges and Future Perspectives

edited by

Vassilios Dotas

and

George K. Symeon

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1209 | Submission Open

Keywords: ruminant nutrition; feed efficiency; forage management; gut microbiome; alternative protein sources; animal welfare; precision livestock farming; health management; sustainable farming

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Feed Resources and Nutrition Strategies for Sustainable Livestock Production

edited by

Chalong Wachirapakorn

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 655 | Submission Open

Keywords: livestock production; feed resources; conventional feeds; non-conventional feeds; feed efficiency; new feed resources from other sectors; global warming; crop residues; improving nutritive value methods; feeding strategies; sustainability in livestock production; effective microorganisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Innovative Technologies and Strategies for Enhancing Food Safety, Nutrition, and Sustainability

edited by

Ante Lončarić

and

Antun Jozinović

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 349 | Submission Open

Keywords: food safety; nutrition; sustainability; mycotoxins; innovative technologies; functional ingredients; traditional cultivars; sustainable food strategies; advanced agricultural strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems in Southeast Asia and China

edited by

Qian Forrest Zhang

submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 14132 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; food system; rural development; smallholders; Southeast Asia; China

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Advanced Research on Soil Pollution and Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Zhihui Bai

submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1620 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil pollution; saline alkali soil; biodegradation; bioremediation; biofertilizer; greenhouse gas mitigation; soil carbon sink; sustainable agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainable Agroecosystem: Interactions between Plants and Microorganisms

edited by

María José Gómez-Bellot

and Beatriz Lorente Pagán

submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2639 | Submission Open

Keywords: mycorrhizae; bacteria; abiotic stress; biotic stress; plant physiology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Environmental Management and Sustainable Agriculture: Soil, Water and Crops

edited by

Nektarios N. Kourgialas

submission deadline 26 Oct 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4794 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil-water and crop management approaches for a sustainable agriculture; geoinformatics & decision support systems; precision agriculture and irrigation technologies; climate; environmental and agronomic adaptive practices; hydrological extremes and water/soil erosion in agroecosystems; water/soil pollution and reuse of treated water

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Contaminants in Irrigation Water Impacting the Safety of Fresh Produce

edited by

Achyut Adhikari

and Eduardo Gutiérrez-Rodríguez

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1204 | Submission Open

Keywords: agriculture water; water treatment; produce safety

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Towards Sustainable Agriculture: Pollution Prevention and Control Technologies

edited by

Liandong Zhu

submission deadline 1 Nov 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3006 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-point source pollution; agricultural pollution reduction; pollutant transmission process; pollutant interception; nutrient recovery; transformation; biodegradation; new pollutant; smart agriculture; agricultural policy; agricultural management; environmental risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainable Agriculture: Plant Physiology, Nutrition and Crop Production

edited by Qunfeng Zhang and

Jianhui Hu

submission deadline 6 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2269 | Submission Open

Keywords: physiology; metabolism; plant; nutrition; quality; environmental adaptation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Water–Fertilizer Utilization and Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Xunbo Zhou

submission deadline 22 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1077 | Submission Open

Keywords: water utilization; straw management; crop physiology; farmland ecosystem; water– fertilizer interaction; irrigation and farming system; nutrient use efficiency

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Application of Biotechnology in Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Marko Vinceković

and

Darija Lemić

submission deadline 24 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4820 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; food production; agriculture; biotechnology; food security; food safety; plant nutrition; plant protection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Farmland Soil Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration

edited by

Jiulan Dai

and

Jing Liu

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12961 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainable Crop Production and Agricultural Practices

edited by

Jorge Omar Pierini

and

Luciano Telesca

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7892 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; crop production; agricultural practices; precision agriculture; organic farming; agroecology; integrated pest management; crop diversification; resource-efficient practices; remote sensing; artificial intelligence; data analytics; farmer empowerment; policy interventions; resilient agricultural systems; numerical modelling; irrigation water chemistry; water quality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainable Precision Agriculture: Latest Advances and Prospects

edited by

,

,

,

and

Sabina Iole Giuseppina Failla

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5240 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision agriculture; remote and proximal sensing; sustainability; impact reduction; awareness of variability; customized management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainable Development of Intelligent Agriculture

edited by Helong Yu,

,

,

and

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4872 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent agriculture; precision agriculture; circular agriculture; ecological agriculture; unmanned farm; digital agriculture; sustainable agriculture; optical agriculture; intelligent agricultural machinery; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Advanced Research on Agriculture and Food Systems Landscape towards Sustainability

edited by

Tiziana Amoriello

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4192 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; agroecology; land use planning; sustainable food systems; circular economy; AI and smart technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Weeds Management in Sustainable Agriculture System

edited by Amar Singh Godar,

Leonard Piveta

and

Teodor Rusu

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1071 | Submission Open

Keywords: harvest weed seed control (HWSC); cover crops; crop rotation; non-chemical methods of weed management; integrated weed management; allelopathy; bioherbicides; robotic weeding; intercropping

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainable Crop Production and Plant Science: Theories, Methods, Modeling and Applications

edited by

Agnieszka Szparaga

,

Gianluca Caruso

and

María Cecilia Pérez Pizá

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 287 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable crop production; modeling and optimization of sustainable systems; innovations and challenges for biostimulants and biopesticides production and application; low-input agriculture; novel natural resources for biostimulants and biopesticides; screening new agricultural products; efficient and sustainable methods for the extraction and isolation of natural products; naturally derived chemicals and potential applications to science; industry; and agriculture; novel experimental studies regarding plant products to reinforce sustainable agriculture; rational and sustainable management of agri-food waste: an innovative approach to waste conversion into high-quality and environmentally friendly products; plant extracts: chemical composition; biological activity; and applications within sustainable agriculture; plant extracts or naturally derived compounds; as botanical biostimulants or pesticides; to manage sustainable crop production

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

From the Field to the Factory: The Dynamics of Sustainable Urban Agriculture

edited by

Neil Ravenscroft

and

Dilfuza Egamberdieva

submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 593 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable urban agriculture; community-supported agriculture; urban agriculture; vertical agriculture; Agriculture 4.0; food security; food justice

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Agricultural Engineering for Sustainable Production and Circular Economy

edited by

Pawel Sobczak

,

Jacek Mazur

,

Piotr Markowski

and Andrzej Anders

submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1519 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural engineering; circular economy; food production; utilization; precision agriculture; technology 4.0

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Adaptive Response and Mechanism of Crops to Abiotic Stresses—2nd Edition

edited by

Fanrong Zeng

,

Imran Haider Shamsi

and Xin Huang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3305 | Submission Open

Keywords: drought; waterlogging; cold; heat; salinity; heavy metals; nutrient deficiency; soil acidification

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Advances in Sustainable Agricultural Crop Production

edited by

James W. Muthomi

,

Alex M. Fulano

and

Nancy Karimi Njeru

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 17 articles | Viewed by 31406 | Submission Open

Keywords: agrobiodiversity; agro-ecological intensification; climate-smart agriculture; diversified cropping systems; ecological pest management; food secure world; safe food; food supply chain; sustainable agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

The Sustainability of Agricultural Soils

edited by

Jose Navarro Pedreño

and

Manuel Miguel Jordan-Vidal

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 14 articles | Viewed by 28100 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon sequestration; economy and sustainable soil management; local communities and subsistence; food and fiber production; organic matter; plough and tillage management; pollution control; soil erosion; soil rehabilitation; waste management; technosols

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Agriculture, Land and Farm Management

edited by

Kęstutis Venslauskas

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 14 articles | Viewed by 24360 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural biomass; biomass; soil management; farm energy balance; life cycle assessment; techno-economic assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainability Assessment of Agricultural Cropping Systems

edited by

Karolina Ratajczak

and

Grażyna Szymańska

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4986 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; low-intensity tillage systems; biodiversity in modern agriculture; limitation of the effects of drought; residue management; cover crops; changing climatic conditions; sustainable crop rotation; microorganisms; soil

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainable Agricultural Engineering: Agroecology Sustainable Development and Agriculture Environmental Impact Assessment and Measurement

edited by Nan Sun and Kun Cheng

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4280 | Submission Open

Keywords: agroecology; agriculture environmental impact; bio-organic fertilizer; greenhouse gas; soil organic carbon

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Advances in Measurement, Instrument, and Sensing Methods for Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Lizhou Xu

,

Yanchao Zhang

and

Wei Tang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2810 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural instrument; remote sensing; plant phenomics; biosensors; electronic nose/tongue; electrochemical sensors; optical sensors; sustainable agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainable Agriculture Development: Challenges and Oppotunities

edited by

Christina Moulogianni

and

George Vlontzos

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2463 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural economics; sustainable farm management; rural development; agricultural policy; circular economy; sustainable resource management.

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Interactions of Land Use, Economic Growth, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Azad Haider

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2309 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use; climate change; greenhouse gas emissions; economic growth; agriculture development; forest

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition for Sustainable Cropping Systems

edited by

Daniel Menezes-Blackburn

, Bingjie Jin and Dong-Xing Guan

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2016 | Submission Open

Keywords: agriculture sustainability; soil fertility; plant nutrition; cropping systems; fertilizers; nutrient use efficiency; nutrient management; crop nutrition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Livestock for Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

George P. Laliotis

and

Vassilios Dotas

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1270 | Submission Open

Keywords: livestock; animal husbandry; climate change; greenhouse gas emissions; mitigation strategies; sustainable livestock; production systems; manure management; diet management; waste treatment; cyclic economy; methanogenesis; handling practices; environmental impact; environmental policies.

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Soil Heavy Metals Threaten Agricultural Sustainability: Translocation Processes and Remediation Strategies

edited by

Wentao Yang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 967 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metals; agricultural sustainability; translocation processes; mitigation; remediation strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Land Management and Sustainable Agricultural Production: 2nd Edition

edited by

Bhim Bahadur Ghaley

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 438 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop rotation; cropping systems; conservation agriculture; agroforestry; resource use efficiency; ecosystem services; crop– soil process modeling; soil health; carbon sequestration; climate-smart agriculture; production system carbon footprint; environmental impacts; controlled environment agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainable Agriculture and Restoration of Agroecosystem Affected by Climate Change

edited by

Aniruddha Sarker

and

Tofazzal Islam

submission deadline 22 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 769 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; biochar; carbon sequestration; green remediation; environment restoration; agro-food waste; biotechnology; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainable Development of Agricultural Systems

edited by Henrietta Moore and Jacqueline McGlade

submission deadline 27 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 334 | Submission Open

Keywords: agroecology and native vegetation; agroforestry; regenerative agriculture; carbon sequestration; livelihood security; agricultural and environmental sustainability; soil health; decolonisation; agri-food systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainable Agriculture and Biological Science

edited by

Juan Pablo Hernandez

,

Helber Enrique Balaguera López

and Joaquín Guillermo Ramírez-Gil

submission deadline 29 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 449 | Submission Open

Keywords: agroecology; soil health; biodiversity conservation; crop production; ecological resilience; climate change adaptation; organic farming; integrated pest management; genetic diversity; food security; sustainable development; ecosystem services; socio-economic impacts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security

edited by Md Romij Uddin and

Uttam Kumer Sarker

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 40088 | Submission Open

Keywords: food availability; safe food; environmental soundness; food marketing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Green Microbiology: Advancing Sustainability through Microbial Innovations

edited by

Helen Onyeaka

, Adenike A. Akinsemolu and

Taghi Miri

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 8067 | Submission Open

Keywords: green microbiology; microbes; sustainability; bioremediation; biofertilizers; innovation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Oasis Agricultural Ecology and Sustainable Development and Utilization of Oasis Resources—2nd Edition

edited by Fenghua Zhang, Zhibo Cheng and Weichao Wang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 133 | Submission Open

Keywords: arid zone; oasis agriculture; resource utilization; sustainable development; ecology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Biodiversity Indicators for Ecological and Sustainable Conservation in Forests

edited by

Francesco Parisi

and

Marco Ottaviano

submission deadline 10 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 503 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity indicators; deadwood; forest monitoring; forest heterogeneity; managed and unmanaged forests; tree-related microhabitat; old-growth forest

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Waste Utilization in Agriculture and Sustainable Development (Second Edition)

edited by

Igor Palčić

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 293 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural residues; sustainable agriculture; circular economy; biomass; organic matter; composting; pyrolysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainable Agriculture: Cultivation and Breeding of Crops

edited by

Glauco Vieira Miranda

submission deadline 5 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1703 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant breeding; cultivar selection; abiotic stress; sustainability; crops

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Maple Syrup and Sugar Crops: Market and Climate Challenges and Potential Pathways for Sustainable Development

edited by Qingbin Wang

submission deadline 9 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 118 | Submission Open

Keywords: maple syrup; sugar crop; sugarcane; sugar beet; sustainable agriculture; agricultural trade; climate change; producer education; food product development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation—Organic Farming Systems

edited by

Victor Kavvadias

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2758 | Submission Open

Keywords: organic agriculture; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Environmental and Economic Sustainability in Agri-Food System

edited by

Behnaz Saboori

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2115 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; food security; economic resilience; environmental protection; agri-food policies; circular economy; resource efficiency; sustainable food production; climate-smart agriculture; agri-food system innovation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

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