Open Science for Enhanced Global Agriculture
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Agriculture".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2022) | Viewed by 687
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is our great pleasure to invite you to the II AGRIBASE Conference, https://www.agri-base.eu/agri-base-conference/, and to contribute to the special issue.
“Open science for enhanced global agriculture” is intended to receive all the contributions of applied science to agriculture and agri-food systems, including case-studies and best-practices examples to contribute to the scientific discussion on the topic of open innovation, modern agriculture, globalization of knowledge and sustainability. The special issue is intended to collect high quality papers that will allow having a wide discussion, with a multidisciplinary approach on the topic.
We encourage researchers and practitioners to submit original research articles, case studies, reviews, critical perspectives, and viewpoint articles on topics including, but not limited to, the following:
- The process of open innovation in agri-food system;
- Stakeholder involvement innovation and sustainability assessment;
- Case studies and best-practices presentation;
- Contribution and debates about open agriculture, sustainability and globalization;
- Lessons learned from about three decades of research and practice;
- Integration of concepts.
Prof. Dr. Antonio Stasi
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- Innovation
- Sustainability
- Multidisciplinarity
- globalization
- agri-food
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