Agroforestry Engineering and Technologies for Sustainable Production and Circular Economy
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Products and Services".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023) | Viewed by 458
Special Issue Editors
Interests: agricultural mechanization; agricultural residue management; biomass; bioenergy; industrial crops; environmental assessment; life cycle assessment
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: sustainable agriculture; soil management; soil conservation; fertilization; composting; anaerobic digestion; biodegradable waste recovery
Interests: sustainable forest operations; reduced-impact logging; precision forest harvesting
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: consumer behavior; food science; willingness to consume; willingness to pay; agricultural economics; environmental and economic assessment; life cycle assessment (LCA); life cycle costing (LCC); costs benefits analysis (CBA)
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce a Special Issue of Sustainability on “Agroforestry Engineering and Technologies for Sustainable Production and Circular Economy”.
According to the FAO (2018), agriculture has a major impact on the environment, contributing to greenhouse gas emissions, water consumption, nitrates and ammonia pollution. Climate change is also expected to have significant adverse effects on agriculture. The circular economy can be applied to agriculture to reduce the impacts of the industry and continue to feed the growing global population. Circularising agriculture is based on the principles of minimising demands on external inputs, closing nutrient loops, and reducing the environmental impact from discharges and runoff (FAO, 2021).
Agroforestry is the science and art of integrating forestry and agriculture to sustainably maximize the economic and environmental performance of agricultural production systems. Agroforestry systems are used in a variety of different ecological and economic conditions to increase the sustainability of agriculture and income to farmers and are especially important for the reduction of commercial fertilizer use, because of their ability to recover, recycle, or efficiently utilize nutrients. Particularly in developing countries, planting trees together with crops or on pasture lands can help fight hunger and malnutrition, as trees are a source of food, fuel and non-wood products that can be either directly consumed/used or sold.
Conceptual and empirical studies that analyse and investigate the most sustainable agroforestry, systems and technologies, as well as successful case studies of agroforestry circular economy are welcome for submission to this Special Issue. The Special Issue will cover aspects related to agroforestry, silvopastoral, agrosilvicultural and agrosilvopastoral systems including:
- Environmental, economic and social assessment of systems, technologies, products and supply chains;
- Innovative technology;
- Precision agriculture;
- Time-and-motion study;
- Conservation of biodiversity;
- Carbon storage, carbon market and carbon credit;
- Willingness to pay;
- Consumer behaviour;
- Cost-benefit analysis (CBA);
The papers must show originality and make a significant contribution to the scope of the Special Issue.
Dr. Alessandro Suardi
Dr. Claudio Beni
Dr. Francesco Latterini
Dr. Nadia Palmieri
Guest Editors
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 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
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. Sustainability 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 2400 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.
Keywords
- agroforestry
- silvopastoral
- agrosilvicultural
- agrosilvopastoral
- circular economy
- carbon sink
- carbon credit
- sustainability
- LCA
- LCC
Benefits of Publishing in a Special Issue
- Ease of navigation: Grouping papers by topic helps scholars navigate broad scope journals more efficiently.
- Greater discoverability: Special Issues support the reach and impact of scientific research. Articles in Special Issues are more discoverable and cited more frequently.
- Expansion of research network: Special Issues facilitate connections among authors, fostering scientific collaborations.
- External promotion: Articles in Special Issues are often promoted through the journal's social media, increasing their visibility.
- e-Book format: Special Issues with more than 10 articles can be published as dedicated e-books, ensuring wide and rapid dissemination.
Further information on MDPI's Special Issue polices can be found here.
