Special Issue "Recent Advances on Sustainable Agriculture and Organic Farming: Individual Decisions and Public Policies"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Agriculture".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 March 2022.

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Phu Nguyen-Van
E-Mail Website
Guest Editor
ECONOMIX, CNRS, University of Paris Nanterre, UPL, 92000 Nanterre, France
Interests: applied econometrics; environmental economics; agricultural economics; behavioral economics
Dr. Anne Stenger-Letheux
E-Mail Website
Guest Editor
BETA, INRAE, CNRS and University of Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg, France
Interests: environmental economics; forest economics; behavioral economics; agricultural economics
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to invite submissions of original research papers for a Special Issue of Sustainability on “Recent Advances on Sustainable Agriculture and Organic Farming: Individual Decisions and Public Policies”.

The adoption of sustainable agriculture (i.e., farming practices that meet sustainability) [1] is necessary to improve food safety and to reduce negative consequences on the environment (soils, water, climate, etc). However, the effectiveness of existing measures to promote environmentally friendly practices in agriculture (including organic farming) is relatively limited. Although production and consumption of organic food products are constantly growing, the sector still remains modest compared to conventional agriculture. Indeed, total land devoted to organic farming corresponds to a very small portion of agricultural land worldwide, only about 1.5% in 2019 [2].

The Special Issue aims at providing original and frontier analyses on pro-environmental farming practices with a focus on individual decisions and public policies. Submissions should investigate the role of sustainable agriculture and its potential drivers or obstacles covering, but not limited to, the following topics:

- Sustainable agriculture: description, facts and figures;

- Sustainable agriculture and environmental impacts: biodiversity, climate change, etc.;

- Sustainable agriculture, economic impacts, and welfare;

- Behavioral factors;

- Monetary and nonmonetary motivations and incentives;

- Market structures;

- Economic policy instruments;

- Institutions and cultural factors;

- etc.

All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed according to journal policy.

References:

  1. "What is sustainable agriculture”, Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program, University of California: Davis, CA, USA. Website online: https://sarep.ucdavis.edu/sustainable-ag (accessed on 5 June 2021).
  2. Willer H. The World of Organic Agriculture. Statistics and Emerging Trends 2021. Trávníček J., Meier C., Schlatter B. (Eds.); 2021. Website online: https://www.organic-world.net/yearbook/yearbook-2021.html (accessed on 5 June 2021).

Dr. Phu Nguyen-Van
Dr. Anne Stenger-Letheux
Guest Editors

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 papers will be 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 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

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 1900 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

  • food
  • organic agriculture
  • pro-environmental behaviors
  • sustainability

Published Papers

This special issue is now open for submission.
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