Papers from Young Researchers in Agricultural and Food Sciences

Dear Colleagues,

Agricultural and food systems have experienced remarkable advances in terms of productivity, food security and sustainability in recent decades. The consideration of agriculture and food as integrated systems with mutually interrelated components has been a key contribution to these advances. Indeed, agricultural and food processes cannot be understood today without consideration of the interactions between all subsystems in the complexity of the food–water–energy–climate nexus. These interrelations play an important role in all stages of the agricultural and food value chain, from plant breeding to crop production up to the final stages of food consumption, i.e., over the complete process from seed to fork. In this regard, long-term environmental and socioeconomic sustainability of the agricultural and food systems has become not only an added value, but a mandatory requirement in today’s context of scarce natural resources and climate change.

Within this context, the International Conference of Young Researchers in Agricultural and Food Sciences offers an excellent opportunity to first-level young researchers for the discussion, interchange and promotion of their scientific advances. Indeed, with their work on the frontline of scientific advances, young researchers are nowadays the backbone of scientific discovery and the breeding ground for the development of the scientific and technological developments of the future.

This Special Issue consolidates the most remarkable original works awarded at the 2022 International Conference of Young Researchers in Agricultural and Food Sciences and therefore provides excellent insights into the most recent advances in all knowledge areas covered by the conference. This includes works in the areas of plant breeding, molecular biology, agroindustrial bioprocesses, chemical engineering, biomass valorization, environmental sciences, plant health, water engineering, plant nutrition, agricultural engineering, food safety, food science and technology, nutrition, terrestrial and aquatic animal production, agrifood marketing, agricultural economics, and agricultural law and policy.

Dr. Diego Luis Valera Martínez
Dr. Carlos Herrero Sanchez
Dr. Juan Reca
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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• sustainability
• agrosystem
• breeding
• biotechnology
• engineering
• food safety
• agrieconomics