SAEHS-27

Topics

Full Articles/ Reviews/ Shorts Papers/ Abstracts are welcomed in the following research fields:

1. Agroecology and Soil Health

Soil Microbiome Dynamics: Interactions between soil microbes, plant roots, and nutrient cycling.
Regenerative Farming Practices: Cover cropping, reduced tillage, crop rotation, and agroforestry to build organic matter.
Carbon Sequestration: The capacity of agricultural soils to store atmospheric carbon and mitigate climate change.
Soil Degradation and Erosion: Causes of topsoil loss, salinization, and strategies for land restoration.

2. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

Pollinator Health: The impact of habitat loss and agrochemicals on bees, butterflies, and other essential pollinators.
Natural Pest Control: Utilizing biological control agents, beneficial insects, and habitat diversification instead of synthetic pesticides.
Genetic Diversity in Crops: Conservation of heirloom varieties, seed banking, and resilience against climate shocks and disease.
Landscape Connectivity: Creating wildlife corridors through agricultural zones to prevent habitat fragmentation.

3. Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology

Agrochemical Exposure: Occupational and dietary health risks associated with synthetic pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers.
Eutrophication and Water Pollution: Fertilizer runoff leading to algal blooms, dead zones in aquatic ecosystems, and contaminated drinking water.
Ecotoxicology: Bioaccumulation and biomagnification of agricultural pollutants through food webs.
Microplastics in Agriculture: Soil contamination from plastic mulch, synthetic irrigation materials, and biosolids.

4. Public Health and Food Safety

Nutrient Density of Crops: The relationship between soil health, farming methods, and the micronutrient composition of food.
Zoonotic Disease Dynamics: How land-use change, deforestation for agriculture, and intensive livestock management increase spillover risks of novel pathogens.
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR): The overuse of antibiotics in industrial livestock raising and its contribution to drug-resistant infections in humans.
Occupational Health in Agriculture: Respiratory issues, heat stress, chemical exposure, and ergonomic hazards faced by farm workers.

5. Sustainable Livestock Systems

Managed Grazing: Rotational grazing techniques designed to emulate natural herd movements and restore grassland ecosystems.
Enteric Methane Emissions: Strategies to reduce livestock greenhouse gas emissions through diet optimization and selective breeding.
Animal Welfare and Epidemiology: The link between animal stress, stocking density, disease prevalence, and herd immunity.
Alternative Protein Sources: Ecological and nutritional evaluations of plant-based, insect, and lab-grown alternatives.

6. Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience

Climate-Smart Crop Breeding: Developing drought-tolerant, flood-resistant, and heat-adapted crop varieties.
Water Resource Management: Efficient irrigation technologies, rainwater harvesting, and groundwater recharge in farming regions.
Food System Vulnerability: Assessing supply chain risks, extreme weather impacts, and food security under shifting climate regimes.

7. Circular Economy and Waste Systems

Organic Waste Recycling: Composting, anaerobic digestion, and nutrient recovery from crop residues and animal manure.
Upcycling Bio-Byproducts: Transforming agricultural waste into bioenergy, bioplastics, or animal feed.
Food Loss and Waste Reduction: Public health and ecological impacts of post-harvest loss and food waste in distribution systems.

8. Policy, Economics, and Social Well-being

Food Sovereignty and Justice: Equitable access to healthy, sustainably produced food and land rights for smallholder farmers.
Agricultural Subsidies: Reframing government incentives to support ecological farming rather than high-input industrial monocultures.
Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture: Vertical farming, community gardens, and hydroponics to improve local food security and reduce transport emissions