About the Journal

AgroEnvironmental Sustainability (ISSN 2583-942X; abbreviation: AgroEnviron. Sustain.) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal published by the Society for AgroEnvironmental Sustainability (SAGENS), Dehradun, India. It publishes research that treats agriculture and the environment as a single system, showing how food can be produced while soil, water, air, and biodiversity are protected, and how environmental change in turn affects farming and rural livelihoods. The journal has been published quarterly since 2023.

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Aims and Scope:

The journal aims to bring together agricultural and environmental scientists, engineers, economists, and policy researchers whose work bears on the sustainability of food and farming systems. We are particularly interested in studies that measure the environmental effects of agricultural practices and test ways of reducing them, for example by using less water and fewer agrochemicals, conserving soil, recycling agricultural waste, using renewable energy, and protecting biodiversity on and around farms. Work on the social and economic side of these questions, including farmer livelihoods, policy, and adoption of new practices, is equally welcome.

Submissions should go beyond a local description to show what the findings mean for sustainability more widely. Each article carries a short Statement of Sustainability explaining its contribution to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Subjects and Themes:

1. Sustainable agriculture

  • crop production: cereals, legumes, fruits, vegetables, flowers, mushrooms, fibre and energy crops
  • livestock, poultry, animal breeding, and insects for food and feed
  • organic and low-input farming systems

2. Agricultural technology

  • agricultural biotechnology
  • precision agriculture and farm machinery
  • artificial intelligence, machine learning, and the Internet of Things (IoT) in agriculture
  • mathematical and simulation modelling

3. Post-harvest management, food safety, and health

  • storage, processing, and inspection
  • toxins and contaminants in food
  • health risks to consumers

4. Agricultural development and extension

  • rural and urban communities and livelihoods
  • land use and agroforestry
  • agricultural trade and policy

5. Sustainable environment

  • soil: physics, chemistry, microbiology, and fertility
  • water: quality, irrigation, and water use efficiency
  • air: quality monitoring and the effects of pollution
  • the water, food, and energy nexus

6. Environmental technology

  • green technologies and composting
  • remote sensing
  • remediation and restoration of soil, water, and air
  • plant responses to environmental stress and their management

Article Types:

Original research articles, review articles, short communications, case studies, and editorials. Details are given in the Author Guidelines.

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