The conference is soliciting state-of-the-art research papers in the following areas of interest: New agricultural management participants Agricultural labor and agricultural development Agri-environmental schemes and rural/community development Crop diversity and biodiversity conservation Natural resource economics Agricultural policy Transformation of agrarian structure Migration, gender and farming systems Land values, use and management Farm size, management and productivity Development and adoption of agricultural innovations Agribusiness economics and management Supply chain issues Agricultural trade Agricultural markets and competition Storage and post-harvest decision making Price volatility and price spikes Price transmission The rural financial system Climate and environmental policy Climate change and impacts Risk management and crop insurance Biofuels Food choice, safety and nutrition Agricultural product security strategy Rural poverty Urban-rural gap and income distribution Integration of urban and rural areas Ecological agriculture/ Sustainable agriculture