Agroecological Cropping Systems

Scope

The Agroecological Cropping Systems specialty section of Frontiers in Agronomy, publishes high-quality research focusing on agroecology as ecological concepts and principles interacting with agronomic techniques, to further the design, the assessment of performances and the management of innovative and sustainable cropping systems.

Areas covered by this section include, but are not limited to:

Innovative agroecological practices to enhance efficiency and productivity of available resources
Cropping systems technics (integrated soil-crop dimension) for sustainable management
Exploring the intersection between agronomic, social, and ecological/environmental aspects to manage food & agricultural systems
Working towards fair and sustainable food systems with a production based on agroecological principles, with a strong emphasis on human and social values
Low pesticide use and towards a pesticide-free agriculture
Natural-based solutions based on ecological processes, function, and services to enhance agricultural production
Technology based solutions (e.g. precision agriculture, sensors continuous data, etc.)
Optimizing diversity of species (cash and forage crops) and genetic resources
Sustainable cropping systems to increase biodiversity and environmental protection
Crop diversification in time, i.e. crop successions, long-term rotation
Crop diversification in space, i.e. intercropping and agroforestry systems
Cover crops, i.e. multi-services cover crops during fallow periods
Cropping system supporting ecosystem services from the field level
Water and nutrient use efficiency and management
Low input cropping systems
Risks and opportunities for organic farming
Cropping systems models (soil-crop models functioning at the medium and long-term for rotations and crop successions, and simulating fallow period with residues management)
Modelling climate change impacts of cropping systems and agroecological solutions of adaptation/mitigation
Multicriteria assessment of cropping systems for a sustainable agriculture

We seek to optimize the interactions in time and space between plants (species at the crop cover level), soil, and components of agroecosystems at the field level. We accept a range of article types, including: Original Research, Reviews, Methods, Perspectives and Policy and Practice Reviews. A full list of our article types is available here.

Research focusing on policy or the broader constraints, thresholds, and opportunities for enhancing levels of sustainability and production at the food system level should be submitted to our sister journal

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems.

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Submission

Agroecological Cropping Systems welcomes submissions of the following article types: Brief Research Report, Correction, Data Report, Editorial, Hypothesis and Theory, Methods, Mini Review, Opinion, Original Research, Perspective, Policy and Practice Reviews, Policy Brief, Review and Systematic Review.

All manuscripts must be submitted directly to the section Agroecological Cropping Systems, where they are peer-reviewed by the Associate and Review Editors of the specialty section.

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