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Special Issue "Sustainable Organic Agriculture"

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

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2021.

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Sara Bosi
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Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences - Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna BO, Italy
Interests: the main research activities carried out concern studies of the expression of functional and nutraceutical compounds produced by species of agricultural interest (mainly legumes and cereals), in relation to the agronomic technique adopted and environmental factors (mainly abiotic stress)

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Researchers and consumers are paying increasing attention to environmental and health issues, especially in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Currently, available plant genetic resources are characterized by genetic uniformity, and are also selected in environments that never reflect organic agricultural conditions. Moreover, agronomic strategies often use a mainstream approach that focuses on resolving a single issue in an agro-ecosystem (e.g., pests, soil fertility, diseases).

There is an urgent need to find feasible solutions to organic agriculture problems by promoting crops with improved traits that make them more adaptable to different environmental conditions and to climate change scenarios. Furthermore, agricultural systems also need to be redesigned, by identifying technical practices, based on the promotion of functional biodiversity and associated ecosystem services.

This Special Issue is thus focused on the new challenge for organic agriculture: breaking the monoculture nature of farming systems by adopting diversified plant genetic resources, sustainable farming systems, and a new innovative concept of quality.

Dr. Sara Bosi
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 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

  • plant genetic resources
  • diversified farming systems
  • sustainability
  • resilience
  • quality.

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Characteristics of Organically Grown Compared to Conventionally Grown Potato and the Processed Products: A Review
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Koffi Djaman
,
Soum Sanogo
,
Komlan Koudahe
,
Samuel Allen
,
Aminou Saibou
and
Samuel Essah
Sustainability 2021, 13(11), 6289; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13116289 - 02 Jun 2021
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Interest in organic foods is increasing at a moment when humanity is facing a range of health challenges including the concern that some conventionally produced foods may pose possible adverse effects on human and livestock health. With the increasing human population, intensive production [...] Read more.
Interest in organic foods is increasing at a moment when humanity is facing a range of health challenges including the concern that some conventionally produced foods may pose possible adverse effects on human and livestock health. With the increasing human population, intensive production is increasingly trending towards high-input systems that aim to close yield gaps, increase crop yields, and develop new crop varieties with higher yield potential and tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses, all within the context of incorporating specific traits to satisfy consumer demand. Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is one of the most consumed foods under different cultural diets; however, its production faces some challenges related to soilborne diseases, marketable yield and quality, sugars and dry matter content of the produced tubers, tuber content in terms of nitrate, minerals, vitamins, bioactive compounds, and antioxidants, and consumer appreciation regarding the sensory characteristics of tubers and processed products. Different studies have been investigating some of these challenges, with sometimes straightforward and sometimes conflicting results. This variability in research results indicates the general non-transferability of the results from one location to another under the same management practices in addition to differences in plant material. This review compares some characteristics of raw or boiled potato and processed products from potato tubers grown organically and conventionally. Ideally, such information may be of benefit in decision making by consumers in their dietary choices, by potato growers in their selection of crop management practices, and by scientists looking at potential areas for future research on potatoes. Full article
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