Call for papers/Topics

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

Independent Topics & Subtopics

1. Organic Agriculture

• Soil Health & Nutrient Dynamics: Bio-fertilizers, composting, vermiculture, nitrogen fixation, and microbial soil ecosystems.

• Pest & Disease Management: Biological controls, crop rotation, companion planting, and natural biopesticides.

• Certification & Governance: Organic standard compliance, participatory guarantee systems, and seed sovereignty.

• Agroecological Farming Methods: Permaculture, biodynamic farming, low-tillage practices, and agroforestry.

2. Food Security

• Dimensions of Food Security: Availability, physical and economic access, utilization, and long-term stability.

• Supply Chain Resilience: Cold chain infrastructure, food waste reduction, storage technologies, and distribution networks.

• Climate Change Vulnerability: Drought impacts, yield instability, shifting growing zones, and crop heat tolerance.

• Policy & Socioeconomic Factors: Subsidies, trade policies, food sovereignty, and poverty alleviation strategies.

3. Water Treatment

• Purification & Filtration Technologies: Reverse osmosis, membrane filtration, activated carbon, and UV disinfection.

• Wastewater Recycling & Reclamation: Industrial effluent treatment, greywater reuse, blackwater processing, and biological remediation.

• Contaminant Removal: Heavy metal extraction, removal of microplastics, PFAS remediation, and pathogen elimination.

• Water Infrastructure & Distribution: Desalination plants, municipal water grids, decentralised purification systems, and storm-water management.

Interrelated Topics & Subtopics

1. Agricultural Runoff & Aquatic Ecosystem Health

• Eutrophication Mitigation: Replacing synthetic fertilizers with organic inputs to reduce nitrate and phosphate leaching into local watersheds.

• Bioremediation of Agricultural Discharge: Using constructed wetlands and bio-swales to naturally filter farming runoff before it enters freshwater sources.

• Microbial Contamination Risks: Safely managing manure-based organic fertilizers to prevent E. coli and other pathogen contamination in groundwater systems.

2. Safe Wastewater Reuse for Crop Irrigation

• Standards for Non-Potable Reuse: Treatment levels required to make reclaimed urban and industrial wastewater safe for organic food crops.

• Removal of Emerging Pollutants: Eliminating pharmaceuticals, personal care products, and endocrine disruptors from irrigation water.

• Salinity & Heavy Metal Accumulation: Long-term monitoring of soil degradation caused by irrigated treated wastewater.

3. Water-Smart Farming for Climate-Resilient Food Production

• Rainwater Harvesting & Micro-Irrigation: Integrating drip irrigation and rainwater catchment to secure food production during seasonal droughts.

• Soil Moisture Retention: Utilizing organic matter, biochar, and mulching to enhance soil water-holding capacity and lower irrigation demands.

• Aquaponics & Closed-Loop Agriculture: Combining aquaculture (fish farming) with hydroponics to recycle nutrient-rich wastewater for organic plant growth.

4. Policy, Food Safety & Circular Resource Economy

• Nutrient Recovery from Human Waste: Treating sewage sludge into safe biosolids (struvite, compost) to close the urban-rural nutrient loop for food security.

• Global Water Safety Standards in Food Processing: Managing water quality parameters during post-harvest washing, transport, and processing to eliminate foodborne pathogens.

• Resource Trade-Offs (Water-Energy-Food Nexus): Balancing the high energy costs of advanced water treatment against the water demands of agricultural output to achieve food security