Aims & Scope
Journal of Plant Production and Sustainability provides an international platform for interdisciplinary research that connects scientific innovation with policy development. It emphasizes sustainable agricultural practices, food security, and environmental stewardship across global agricultural systems. The journal reaches a broad audience, including scientists, researchers, practitioners, policy-makers, educators, students, and professionals interested in agriculture, environmental sustainability, rural development, and technology transfer. The journal encourages research that integrates advances in plant and soil sciences, molecular biology, environmental analysis, and ecosystem interactions to address key challenges in agricultural sustainability. Emphasis is placed on studies that explore the biochemical and microbial processes underpinning plant growth, the development of biotechnological tools for crop improvement, and the ecological relationships between crops, pests, and beneficial organisms.
It invites original research articles, reviews, and case studies addressing global agricultural challenges, focusing on solutions that improve productivity, ecological balance, and economic resilience. The journal particularly highlights work that bridges agricultural science, technology, and education, with a focus on effective extension services, sustainable practices, and resilient agricultural communities.
Topics covered include, but are not limited to:
• Sustainable agricultural production
• Innovations in farming techniques
• Crop management
• Integration of technology to support sustainable food systems
• Global food security
• Environmental stewardship
• Effective extension services
• Technology transfer
• Resilient agricultural communities
• Impact monitoring and evaluation system for farmer field schools
• Water use efficiency
• Climate change and the environment
• Climate change impacts on agriculture
• Role of extension and outreach education in climate change adaptation and resilience
• Extension administration and supervision
• Programme planning, monitoring and evaluation
• Diffusion and adoption of innovations
• Extension communication models and strategies
• Extension research and methodological issues
• Women-in-agriculture
• Marginalized and vulnerable groups
• Information and communication technology (ICT) in agriculture
• Extension youth program
• Gender discrimination
• Capacity building for extension and outreach professionals
• Women empowerment
• Agriculture risks management
• Livestock extension services
• Integrated rural development
• Community mobilization
• Human resource development/ Agricultural human capital
• Agricultural entrepreneurship
• Agricultural land relations
• Agricultural tourism
• Rural sociology
• Community development
• Digital extension and education
• Environmental and natural resource management
• Communication for development
• Interdisciplinary and social learning
• Innovation of agricultural-technical education
• Project development and evaluation
• Agricultural and extension education systems
• Agricultural economics
• Agribusiness
• Agricultural value chain
• Agricultural business management & finance
• Agricultural extension administration
• Climate-smart agriculture
• Organic & regenerative agriculture
• Nanotechnology applications in agriculture
• Farm machinery and equipment
• Drone technology in agriculture
• Satellite imaging and remote sensing
SUSTAINABILITY
• Air pollution and climate change
• Sustainable use of natural resources in agricultural production
• Water pollution and sanitation
• Strategies to mitigate the impacts of climate change on farming
• Desertification and drought
• Farming practices that integrate ecological principles to enhance soil health
• Industrial development and energy crisis
• Sustainable agricultural models
• Toxic chemicals, hazardous wastes, and radioactive materials
• Fair economic opportunities for smallholder farmers
• Population explosion and urbanization
• Fair trade in agricultural value chains
• Development national policies and international treaties for sustainable development
• New technologies to sustainable farming
• Developments in cultural diversity, tradition, social systems
• Role of agricultural extension to achieve long-term socio-economic sustainability
• Globalization, immigration and settlement, and their impact on cultural or social sustainability
• Promoting gender equity in agricultural practices
• Ethical and philosophical aspects of sustainable development
• Link between sustainable farming and improved health outcomes for farmers
• Education and awareness of sustainability
• Impact of safety, security and disaster management on sustainability
• New and renewable sources of energy
• Sustainable energy preservation and regeneration methods
• Land and aquatic ecosystems maintenance and biodiversity preservation
• Effects of global climate change on development and sustainability
• Quantifying sustainability
• Measuring and monitoring sustainability
• Sustainability tools
• Policies and laws relating to sustainability
Why publish in Journal of Plant Production and Sustainability?
• Open access
• Rapid review and publication
• Broad visibility
• Wide readership
• Online submission
