Food Ecology aims to advance fundamental understanding and transformative innovation at the intersection of food systems, ecological sustainability, animal and human health. The journal provides a high-impact forum for research, perspectives, and analyses that integrate biological, environmental, technological, and social dimensions of the food-ecosystem continuum.
We seek to publish interdisciplinary research that:
- Enhances sustainable agriculture and soil health, including soil fertility, microbiome dynamics, regenerative and conservation practices, nutrient cycling, and soil carbon sequestration.
- Advances water and ecosystem management, addressing irrigation efficiency, water reuse technologies, aquatic ecosystem protection, and pollution remediation.
- Integrates food science, nutrition, and safety, encompassing food quality, contamination monitoring, postharvest and processing technologies, and the development of functional and health-promoting foods.
- Applies life science and biotechnological approaches from molecular biology, genomics, and microbiology to systems biology and environmental biotechnology to improve food production and ecosystem resilience.
- Promotes climate-smart and low-carbon agriculture, including greenhouse gas mitigation, carbon sequestration, and life-cycle assessments for sustainable food systems.
- Evaluates pollution sources and environmental impacts, such as agrochemical residues, heavy metals, microplastics, and their mitigation through ecological or technological innovation.
- Drives technological and circular innovations, leveraging precision agriculture, digital monitoring, sensor networks, and circular bioeconomy models for resource-efficient and resilient farming systems.
- Explores policy, social, and economic frameworks that support equitable, climate-resilient, and biodiversity-friendly food systems worldwide.
Food Ecology welcomes original research articles, reviews, highlights, perspectives, and data-driven studies that connect ecological science with agriculture and food innovation/systems emphasizing scientific strategies, innovations for sustainable production, healthy diets, and real-world applicability.
