Agriculture Bioresource Utilization Technology
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Agriculture".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2027 | Viewed by 663
Special Issue Editor
Interests: reduction of greenhouse gas emissions; utilization of biomass resources
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Agriculture Bioresource Utilization Technology publishes original articles, review articles, case studies and short communications focusing on the fundamentals, applications and management of agricultural biomass resources. It provides a critical platform for disseminating research on converting agricultural, forestry, and organic wastes into valuable resources, directly contributing to waste reduction, circular economy models, and climate change mitigation (e.g., through substitution of fossil-based materials and energy). This issue will bridge multiple disciplines—including biotechnology, chemical engineering, environmental science, agronomy, and policy studies—to advance integrated solutions for biomass valorization, from fundamental science to scalable technologies. The journal's aim is to promote knowledge in all the related areas of agricultural biomass resource utilization, biological waste treatment, bioenergy, biotransformation and bioresource systems analysis, and processing and utilization in a sustainable approach.
Topics include:
- Bioprocesses and bioproducts: biocatalysis, biotransformation and fermentations.
- Biomass and feedstocks utilization: bioconversion of agricultural or industrial residues.
- Environmental protection: valorization waste treatment.
- Food, agricultural and marine biotechnology.
- Biotechnology utilization the biomass in sustainable.
Submission Guidelines:
- Manuscripts must be prepared in English and submitted via the journal’s online system.
- Follow the journal’s formatting template (available on the website).
- All submissions will undergo rigorous peer review.
- Ensure that the work is original and has not been published elsewhere.
Key Requirements:
- Abstract: Structured (Objectives, Methods, Results, Conclusions) or unstructured, 200–250 words.
- Keywords: 4–6 terms.
- Introduction: Clearly state the problem, knowledge gap, and research objectives.
- Methods: Sufficient detail for reproducibility.
- Results & Discussion: Combine or separate sections; emphasize novelty and implications for sustainability.
- Conclusions: Summarize key findings and suggest future directions.
- References: Follow journal style (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability).
Ethics and Declarations:
- Authors must disclose any conflicts of interest.
- Studies involving animals or human subjects require ethical approval statements.
- Data availability statements are encouraged (e.g., repositories, supplementary materials).
Dr. Sasa Zuo
Guest Editor
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 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.
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
- bioprocess
- bioproducts
- biotransformation
- agricultural biomass
- sustainable
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