The 4th International Online Conference on Agriculture

Dear Colleagues,

It is a pleasure to announce the 4th International Online Conference on Agriculture (IOCAG 2027). This online conference is organized by Agriculture (ISSN: 2077-0472, Impact Factor: 4.5, CiteScore: 7.8), a peer-reviewed open access international journal of MDPI. The IOCAG 2027 will be held online from 25 to 28 October 2027.

Agriculture has played a fundamental role in human development, contributing to the growth of civilizations, economic prosperity, and global food security. Modern agriculture provides essential resources for food production and various industries while supporting livelihoods worldwide. Scientific and technological advancements have significantly improved agricultural productivity, efficiency, and sustainability. Nevertheless, agricultural systems continue to face major challenges, including climate change, environmental degradation, resource scarcity, and increasing global food demand. Addressing these challenges requires innovative approaches that balance productivity with environmental conservation and sustainable resource management. Climate-smart agricultural practices, efficient water and soil management, smart farming technologies, and advances in crop and animal production, genetics, genomics, and breeding are essential for building resilient and sustainable agricultural systems. This conference aims to provide an international online platform for agricultural scientists, researchers, and professionals to exchange knowledge, discuss emerging challenges, and share their latest research achievements in agricultural science and technology.

Sessions of the conference will be organized around the following topics:
• Climate-Smart Agriculture: Practices, Determinants, Productivity, and Efficiency
• Ecosystem, Environment, and Climate Change in Agriculture
• Agricultural Systems and Management
• Agricultural Water and Soil Management
• Smart Farming: From Sensor to Artificial Intelligence
• Farm Animal Production
• Crop Production
• Crop Genetics, Genomics and Breeding

The IOCAG 2027 conference will bring together researchers from all over the world without concerns over travel or other related expenditures. The conference will feature live-streamed webinars and include both invited speakers and contributed speakers selected from the submissions received.

The conference welcomes abstract submissions, which will be reviewed by the Conference Committee. All accepted abstracts will be published on the conference website. Following the conference, participants will also be encouraged to submit a full-length research paper to Agriculture, with a 20% discount on the article processing charge (APC), or a proceedings paper (4–8 pages) to Biology and Life Sciences Forum (ISSN: 2673-9976), free of charge.

I hope that you will join this online conference to exchange ideas, begin fruitful collaborations, and make the IOCAG2027 a great success.

Best regards,
Prof. Dr. Bin Gao
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
Chair of the 4th International Online Conference on Agriculture