System Efficiency and Resource Recovery in Circular Horticulture
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Agricultural Product Quality and Safety".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 3974
Special Issue Editors
Interests: horticultural sciences; advanced production systems; postharvest of fresh produce; urban horticulture
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Interests: plant ecophysiology; plant responses; signalling under abiotic stress; antioxidant compounds; trace metals; soil-plant-water-nutrient relations; biostimulants; cropping system modelling; crop physiology; photosynthesis and chlorophyll fluorescence; greenhouses gas emissions; biosphere-atmosphere interactions; micrometeorological measures; precision agriculture
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Ensuring that nutritious food and water are available, accessible and affordable for all is one of the main goals of present time. The ever-increasing world population is challenging food production. Solutions to achieve these goals are unfolding. With growing importance, there is a need to produce more with less inputs, especially under conditions of scarcity—we need solutions of high resource efficiency, sustainability, and with limited effect on the environment. Advanced production techniques for farm, crop and climate management, precise application and choice of resources, as well as circularity of production systems, can ensure smart and environmentally sustainable food systems by using irrigation water, nutrients and horticulture resources (such as substrate composition and energy consumption) more efficiently. Promising technologies and management options that increase productivity of horticultural products to meet the growing food demand without deteriorating production environments are necessary, as is life cycle assessments of materials, processes and products. Residues and waste recovery and reuse are especially valuable during production, postharvest processing and along the supply chain.
This Special Issue welcomes original research and review articles that provide insights into all topics related to sustainable and circular horticulture. The scope of submission includes all aspects of sustainability (economic, environmental, and social) in horticulture, as well as the efficiency of resources, input and outputs, in different climatic conditions and agrosystems. Work related to reducing, reusing, recycling and recovering materials in the horticultural sector is welcome.
Prof. Dr. Silvana Nicola
Dr. Sara Di Lonardo
Guest Editors
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