Driving Future to Shape Sustainable Agricultural System: Urban-Rural Land Management and Environment Protection

Dear Colleagues,

Due to urbanization, climate change, and the rapid growth of the population, the agricultural sector is under tremendous pressure. Despite the obstacles of agricultural production in many regions due to land degradation, extreme climate events, and plant diseases, the agricultural industry must feed more than 9 billion people by 2050 and 12 billion people by 2100. In this sense, the 2nd goal of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (i.e., Goal 2: Zero Hunger) aims to end hunger and all types of malnutrition, especially for the majority of the vulnerable population, by 2030.

Recently, researchers have emphasized that the quality of soil and environment, along with ecosystem services, are being severely degraded as a result of unsustainable land management and the industrialization of agriculture. Thus, to achieve sustainability in the agricultural sector, a holistic approach to analyze the interaction between agricultural activities and ecosystem should be conducted, under ongoing climate change.

The focus of this Special Issue of Land is the current state of knowledge on sustainability in agriculture. New insights, which could be presented as research papers, reviews, and case reports, are welcome. Papers with a multidisciplinary dimension in agricultural systems are also encouraged.

Dr. Safwan Mohammed
Dr. Endre Harsányi
Guest Editors

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