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Agricultural Engineering for Sustainable Production and Circular Economy

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Agriculture".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2024 | Viewed by 523

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Pawel Sobczak

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Department of Food Engineering and Machines, Faculty of Production Engineering, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, 28 Głęboka Street, 20-612 Lublin, Poland
Interests: agriculture engineering; feed production; sustainable production
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Prof. Dr. Jacek Mazur

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Department of Food Engineering and Machines, Faculty of Production Engineering, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, 28 Głęboka Street, 20-612 Lublin, Poland
Interests: agricultural engineering; animal processing; food processing
Prof. Dr. Piotr Markowski

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Department of Machines and Research Methodology, Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 11 Michała Oczapowskiego Street, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
Interests: precision agriculture; mechanical engineering; seed technology engineering; computational mathematics modeling and simulation; food engineering
Dr. Andrzej Anders

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Department of Machines and Research Methodology, Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 11 Michała Oczapowskiego Street, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
Interests: mechanical engineering; seed technology engineering; computational mathematics modeling and simulation

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue invites original research papers thematically related to agricultural engineering, precision agriculture and technology 4.0, production, utilization and circular production issues. The thematic scope fits into the broadly understood issue of sustainable development in food production, using modern food production and processing technologies that interfere as little as possible with the natural environment. The scope of this Special Issue also covers innovative devices and applications in the field of mechanical engineering, as well as bioengineering combined with environmental protection.

Research areas may include (but are not limited to) improving technology and production processes in the agri-food industry; artificial intelligence and machine learning in industry and precision agriculture systems; the impact of technological progress on changes in production methods used in industry and agriculture; modern design solutions for machinery; technological lines used in industry; and integrated production methods used in sustainable, ecological, and precision agriculture. Review articles containing the latest scientific reports within the intended scope are also encouraged. This Special Issue will accept high-quality articles containing original research results and review papers pertaining to the field of agricultural engineering.

Prof. Dr. Pawel Sobczak
Prof. Dr. Jacek Mazur
Prof. Dr. Piotr Markowski
Dr. Andrzej Anders
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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

  • agricultural engineering
  • circular economy
  • food production
  • utilization
  • precision agriculture
  • technology 4.0

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Carbon Footprint of Flour Production in Poland
by Magdalena Wróbel-Jędrzejewska, Ewelina Włodarczyk and Łukasz Przybysz
Sustainability 2024, 16(11), 4475; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16114475 - 24 May 2024
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The importance of carbon footprint (CF) analysis in the agricultural and food industries as a fundamental element of the means to achieve sustainable food production is emphasized here. In this study, flour production in Poland and the technological processes were characterized. This study’s [...] Read more.
The importance of carbon footprint (CF) analysis in the agricultural and food industries as a fundamental element of the means to achieve sustainable food production is emphasized here. In this study, flour production in Poland and the technological processes were characterized. This study’s aim was to determine and compare flour production CF for different companies. The production stages were examined, and aspects related to transportation and storage were analyzed. The obtained data made it possible to identify areas of potential improvement to increase the efficiency of production and logistics processes and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The results showed that flour production CFav ranges from 0.042 to 0.080 kg CO2eq/kg of product (in different companies). The results obtained for individual plants did not differ. One method of reducing CF was through the use of renewable energy sources. Photovoltaics (share of 17–20%) has significantly reduced flour production CF by 13–15%. The decrease was significant from March to October due to the country’s climatic conditions. The work highlights CF’s importance as a tool to reduce environmental impacts and optimize production costs while pointing out the need to customize the calculation methodology to the specifics of the product and process. Full article
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