Agricultural economics is aimed at achieving objectives related to economic growth, environmental impact, and national security. In recent years, due to exponential population growth, increased food consumption, and greater impact on the environment, agricultural economics is facing major challenges. The Special Issue Sustainability and Agricultural Economics is meant to address a wide spectrum of issues related to these challenges. Researchers are invited to submit manuscripts showing how their research results contribute to solving the current and foreseeable problems that arise from the current dynamics in the world of agriculture. Agricultural policies designed to deal with the global economy and focusing on geopolitical influences as well as policies related to more limited geographical circumscriptions (regional, national or local) can be suitable topics of research. Innovative aspects of the new agricultural policies should be stressed. Transitions to new agricultural models implemented at a national or regional level and their corresponding cost–benefit analysis can be of great interest in a context of changing globalization patterns, climate change and geopolitical tensions. Original, multidisciplinary approaches are encouraged.
Keywords: agricultural policy; economics of agricultural resources and the environment; international trade and protectionism; marketing of agricultural products; agricultural sociology; rural development; remote rural areas; agricultural extension and education; economic impacts of research, development and innovation; agricultural protection economic policy.