Sustainable Development in Agricultural Machinery and Technology
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 66
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Traditional agricultural farming models commonly face issues such as high carbon emissions, soil structure degradation, low water resource utilization efficiency, and insufficient production efficiency, resulting in severe waste of agricultural production factors and hindering the sustainable development of the agricultural economy. In response to these issues, innovative studies on and the development of sustainable agricultural machinery oriented towards low-carbon energy conservation have become particularly important, providing practical solutions for the shift towards sustainable agriculture.
This Special Issue will act as a multidisciplinary communication forum focused on the design and innovation of sustainable agricultural machinery, with an emphasis on exploring the environmental impacts of agricultural machinery technological innovation and its application in resource conservation. Its scope spans interdisciplinary fields including engineering, agronomy, and economics, striving to address resource waste in agriculture and advance sustainable agricultural development. While agricultural mechanization has been studied in current research, discussions centered on sustainability remain fragmented and lack organic integration with agricultural economic factors. This Special Issue will provide systematic solutions for efficient agricultural resource utilization and ecological protection by establishing a development framework for sustainable agricultural machinery encompassing the entire industry chain.
Dr. Xin Feng
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- precision agriculture
- sustainable agricultural machinery
- save agricultural resources
- soil protection
- agricultural economy
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