Special issue on “Soils for Food Security” in Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering (FASE)

Brief introduction on the special issue:

Food security is among a country’s most fundamental interests and farmland is the lifeline of grain production. With the increase of agricultural intensification and the impact of global climate change, the soil in the earth is facing various degradation problems such as compaction, acidification, and salinity. Improvement of soil quality and the farmland productivity is the foundation to food security, especially for the increasingly food demand in the future. We are therefore organizing a special issue of Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering (FASE, http://journal.hep.com.cn/fase) entitled “Soils for Food Security”. As a rapidly developing interdisciplinary subjects, the special issue demands holistic research from multiple disciplines.

The special issue invites submission of original and innovative papers as well as reviews and opinion pieces relevant to soil preservation and farmland productivity improvement such as:

(1) Remediation of soil constraint factors (compaction, acidification, salinization, soil sickness, etc.)

(2) Soil health promotion (soil quality improvement, soil preservation, etc.)

(3) Soil management and food security (technologies, policies, perspectives, etc.)

General Introduction

Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering collects innovative papers that advance the understanding of scientific, technological/engineering, socio-economic, institutional/policy, and management factors that drive current and future agricultural productivity and sustainability globally. It is an open-access journal published quarterly with no page charges. The Editor-in-Chief of FASE is Academician Prof. Fusuo Zhang, based at China Agricultural University. The associate Editors-in-Chief comprise Hans Lambers from the University of Western Australia, Shenggen Fan and Yaofeng Zhao from China Agricultural University, Oene Oenema from Wageningen University, William J. Davies from Lancaster University and Peter Vitousek from Stanford University. All submitted manuscripts will be peer-reviewed by experts of international standing.

Guidelines for Submissions:

1. Checklist of special requirements for submission to FASE

More information: https://journal.hep.com.cn/fase/EN/column/column215.shtml

2. In view of your international standing as a research scientist, we cordially invite you to write a review or research paper for this special issue related to one of the topics listed above with a due day of 15 June 2023. We look forward to receiving a positive response and a one-page abstract from you before you start to draft the article. Please send your abstract to the email address: fase@cau.edu.cn. As for the manuscript, please submit through the FASE online submission system at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/fase and marked the “Special Issue: Soils for Food Security” in your letter or manuscript. The editors will strive to complete the first review process within 1–2 weeks and give you a quick response.

Guest editors:

Guangzhou Wang, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, China Agricultural University

wanggz@cau.edu.cn

National Academy of Agriculture Green Development, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China

Qichao Zhu, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, China Agricultural University

qichao.zhu@cau.edu.cn

College of Information and Electrical Engineering, National Academy of Agriculture Green Development, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China

Junling Zhang, Ph.D.

Professor, China Agricultural University

junlingz@cau.edu.cn

National Academy of Agriculture Green Development, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China