agronomy-for-sustainable-development
Agronomy for Sustainable Development (agronomy-for-sustainable-development)
Journal positioning
Agronomy for Sustainable Development (ASD), published by Springer, is an agronomy journal defined by an explicit sustainability framing: cropping and farming systems studied because, and insofar as, they advance the sustainability of agriculture — environmental, economic, and social. It publishes field research alongside reviews and meta-analyses, but in every case the sustainability contribution must be explicit and evidenced, not asserted in the abstract and dropped thereafter. A competent agronomy study whose only contribution is a yield or management result, with sustainability mentioned as decoration, is a poor fit. This skill is a fit / venue-selection / re-framing tool. It does not replace the journal's current author guidelines. Before submitting, re-check the live ASD author guidance.