Best Paper Award

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Thank you for your continuous support. We regret to inform you that the deadline for announcing the winner of the Best Paper Award has been postponed to 15th November 2025.

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Agriculture Best Paper Award is granted annually to highlight publications of high quality, scientific significance, and extensive influence. The evaluation committee members choose 1 article and 1 review of exceptional quality that were published in the journal the year before the previous year and announce them online by the end of July.

The Prize:
– 1 research article and 1 review will be selected.
– Each winner will receive CHF 500, a certificate, and a free voucher for article processing fees valid for one year.

Agriculture Best Paper Award

Winner announcement date: 15 November 2025

Eligibility and Requirements:

– All papers published in the Agriculture will be eligible (both regular and Special Issue submissions).

Selection Criteria:

– Scientific merit and broad impact;
– Originality of the research objectives and/or the ideas presented;
– Creativity of the study design or uniqueness of the approaches and concepts;
– Clarity of presentation;
– Citations and downloads.

Past Winners

Winner

Article
45 Citations
10,682 Views
30 Pages
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Reconnecting Farmers with Nature through Agroecological Transitions: Interacting Niches and Experimentation and the Role of Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems
Cynthia Giagnocavo,
Miguel de Cara-García,
Mónica González,
Melchor Juan,
José Ignacio Marín-Guirao,
Sepide Mehrabi,
Estefanía Rodríguez,
Jan van der Blom and
Eduardo Crisol-Martínez
Agriculture2022, 12(2), 137;https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12020137
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20 January 2022
Sustainability transitions in agriculture are explored through an analysis of niche initiatives within a common production system, relying on sustainable transitions, multi-level perspectives, and agroecological frameworks, and involving multi-actor,...
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Review
166 Citations
31,388 Views
27 Pages
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Antimicrobial Use and Resistance in Plant Agriculture: A One Health Perspective
Sally A. Miller,
Jorge Pinto Ferreira and
Jeffrey T. LeJeune
Agriculture2022, 12(2), 289;https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12020289
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17 February 2022
Bactericides, fungicides, and other pesticides play an important role in the management of plant diseases. However, their use can result in residues on plants and in the environment, with potentially detrimental consequences. The use of streptomycin,...
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Award Committee

Les Copeland
Les Copeland
Chairman
University of Sydney
Caiyun Lu
Caiyun Lu
China Agricultural University
Manuel Ângelo Rosa Rodrigues
Manuel Ângelo Rosa Rodrigues
Renata Bazok
Renata Bazok
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture
Christos Karelakis
Christos Karelakis
Democritus University of Thrace
Paulo Mazzafera
Paulo Mazzafera
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
MMMarco Morietti
Marco Morietti
Lima Giuseppe
Lima Giuseppe
Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Molise
Stanislav Trdan
Stanislav Trdan
University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Dept. of Agronomy
Marcelo de Almeida Silva
Marcelo de Almeida Silva
School of Agricultural Sciences, São Paulo State University
Efstratios LOIZOU
Efstratios LOIZOU
Department of Regional Developement and Cross Border Studies, University of Western Macedonia, Greece
Elena Gonella
Elena Gonella
Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, University of Torino, Italy
Daniele Del Buono
Daniele Del Buono
Dip. Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari e Ambientali
Maciej Zaborowicz
Maciej Zaborowicz
Poznań University of Life Sciences
Roberto Mancinelli
Roberto Mancinelli
University of Tuscia
Peter A. Roussos
Peter A. Roussos
Agricultural University of AThens
Athanasios Koukounaras
Athanasios Koukounaras
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki