Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472) is an international, scholarly and scientific open access journal publishing peer-reviewed research papers, review articles, communications and short notes that reflect the breadth and interdisciplinarity of agriculture. There is no restriction on the maximum length of the papers. The aim of Agriculture is to publish research on the science and technology of crop and animal production, biosecurity, and postharvest handling of produce, agricultural technology, management of the natural resource base for agricultural production (land, soil and water), rural management and agricultural development, and agriculture in changing environments. Accordingly, the scope of the journal for the consideration of submissions is set out in more detail below.

Subject Areas
Crop production: grains; legumes; fruits; vegetables; flowers; cotton
• Crop protection

• Crop breeding and genetics

• Crop nutrition, irrigation

• Crop physiology

• Pests and diseases, weeds, invasive species

• Precision agriculture

• Sustainable agriculture

• Conservation agriculture

• Organic agriculture

• Ecological agriculture


Animal production: livestock and poultry
• Animal breeding

• Animal nutrition


Soil and water
• Soil physics

• Soil chemistry

• Soil microbiology

• Soil and water quality

• Irrigation and water use efficiency


Impacts of environmental factors
• Environmental influences on production and products

• Impact of changing environments


Rural management and agricultural development
• Trade

• Livelihoods

• Rural communities and aid


Agricultural technology
• Machinery

• Remote sensing and data analysis

• Geographical Information Systems


Agricultural product health and safety
• Post-harvest

• Animal and plant inspection

• Product freshness