CERNAS – Current Evolution and Research Novelty in Agricultural Sustainability
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Farming Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 65157
Special Issue Editors
2. Department of Food Industry, Polytechninc University of Viseu, 3504-510 Viseu, Portugal
Interests: food chemistry; food engineering; food science; nutrition; development of new foods; consumer studies
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2. Coimbra Agriculture School, Polytechnic of Coimbra, Bencanta, 3045-601 Coimbra, Portugal
Interests: wildfires; sustainable land management; conservation of natural resources
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Special Issue Information
Dear colleagues,
Climate changes pose overwhelming impacts on primary production and, consequently, on agricultural and animal farming. Additionally, at present, agriculture still depends strongly on fossil fuels both for energy and production factors such as synthetized inorganic fertilizers and harmful chemicals such as pesticides.
The need to feed the growing world population poses many challenges. The need to reduce environmental impacts to a minimum, maintain healthy ecosystems, and improve soil microbiota are central to ensuring a promising future for coming generations. Livestock production under cover crop systems helps to alleviate compaction so that oxygen and water can sufficiently flow in the soil, adds organic matter, and helps hold soil in place, reducing crusting and protecting against erosion. The use of organic plant production practices allied to the control of substances used in agriculture also decisively contributes to alleviate the pressure on ecosystems.
Some of the goals of this new decade are to use enhanced sustainable productive methodologies, to improve the input/output ratios of primary production, to reduce the environmental impacts, and to rely on new innovative technologies.
Prof. Dr. Raquel P. F. Guine
Prof. Dr. António Dinis Ferreira
Prof. Dr. António Moitinho Rodrigues
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable agriculture
- family farming
- organic farming
- sustainable food chain
- wildfires
- sustainable land management
- conservation of natural resources
- extensive and organic livestock farming
- freshwater fish farming
- urban agriculture
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