Agronomy for Sustainable Development

In this Virtual Issue of Agronomy for Sustainable Development (ASD), we want to explore the latest scientific advances providing insights and solutions to pave the way for an agriculture with much less chemical pesticides and ultimately with none at all. We will include articles on four main scientific domains:

Bio-inspired management of Crop HealthGenetics and breeding of new cultivars for new servicesCropping system and agrotechnologyAgri-food system transformation, societal adoption, and public policies.

Submission Deadline: 30 November 2022 | Expected 2023

This Virtual Issue will bring together state-of-the-art scientific evidence for the resilience of farming systems. We will include articles on:

- The conceptual framework of the resilience of agricultural systems, appropriate indicators and evaluation methods
- Empirical evidence from longterm agroforestry and mixed farming experiments on their resilience against climate change as compared to monocropping and pure livestock systems
- Modelling the resilience of agricultural systems against climate change: Model development, scenarios, biophysical and bio-economic evaluations.
Submission Deadline: November 2022 | Expected 2023

On-Farm Experimentation (OFE) is a farmer-centric pathway for improvement in agri-food systems. Based on experiments designed with farmers, conducted by them, and for their interests first, OFE not only answers farmers’ own questions but also provides data for researchers to create more broadly valuable insights.

This Virtual Issue focuses on issues and recent advances relative to OFE with emphasis on enabling digital technologies.
Submission Deadline: March 1, 2022 | Expected 2022

The Virtual Issue focuses on recent advances in technologies and applications of APSIM relative to agricultural production.
Submission Deadline: April 31, 2022 | Expected 2022