Challenges of Contemporary Agriculture, Rural Areas and Agri-Food Supply Chain under Conditions of Uncertainty

Dear Colleagues,

Agriculture and rural areas are constantly changing. These transformations are influenced by the dynamically changing socio-economic environment, as well as changes in the natural environment. Currently, more and more attention is paid to climate changes and the need to prevent and/or adapt to them, as well as protecting natural resources. Agriculture is facing enormous challenges in this regard. In addition, agriculture and rural areas are faced with many uncertainties due to problems related to epidemiological threats such as African Swine Fever (ASF) and SARS-CoV-2. These uncertainties affect the entire agri-food sector, including food supply chains.

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are now the most important guideline for sustainable development for all economic, social and environmental actors. They also provide important guidelines for the development of agriculture and rural areas, as well as logistics in the agri-food market, which is the basic aggregate of the economies of almost all countries. Their implementation is particularly important for the functioning of sustainable food supply chains as well as non-food raw materials of agricultural origin.

The purpose of this very interdisciplinary Special Issue is to look for an answer to the question of how in this difficult, but interesting from the researchers' point of view, time can the inhabitants of rural areas, professionals related to agriculture and agri-food logistics cope?

I would like to cordially invite colleagues from various scientific disciplines who conduct research on agriculture, rural area development, agri-food logistics, etc., to submit articles to this Special Issue.

Dr. Piotr Prus
Guest Editor

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