Mission and Objective

Agricultura Tropical is a digital scientific-technical journal. It is edited since 2015 by the Instituto de Investigaciones de Viandas Tropicales, an institution that guarantees the quality and relevance of the published content. The journal publishes its contents in Spanish and English, aiming to achieve greater dissemination and impact within the international scientific community. All works submitted for publication must be original and must not have been previously published in any other medium. Its fundamental mission is to disseminate scientific advances and original research results in the field of tropical agriculture, with a special emphasis on crops of interest for food security. The journal's main objective is to serve as a high-level academic and technical communication channel, publishing unpublished articles that contribute to knowledge, innovation, and the sustainable development of the production of roots, rhizomes, tubers, plantains, fruits, vegetables, and grains. The publication is made for one volume per year (January-December) with a Continuous Publication system (Rolling Pass). The approved documents are published as soon as the arbitration and conformation processes are concluded.

Target Audience

The journal is aimed at a broad audience linked to the agricultural and scientific sectors, including:

• Scientists and researchers.

• Professors and university teachers.

• Specialists and agricultural institution technicians.

• Managers and decision-makers in the agricultural sector.

• Undergraduate and postgraduate students.

• Producers and farmers interested in the practical application of science.

The content aims to keep this audience informed about the main results of science and technology applied to improving tropical agriculture.

Covered Topics

The journal welcomes works that address, as a priority but not exclusively, the following thematic areas applied to the crops of interest (roots, rhizomes, tubers, plantains, fruits, vegetables, and grains):

1. Plant Breeding and Plant Genetic Resources: Conservation, characterization, and use of biodiversity to obtain new varieties.

2. Plant Biotechnology: Application of biotechnological techniques for crop improvement and propagation.

3. Pest Management: Agroecological and conventional strategies for controlling diseases, insects, and weeds.

4. Plant Nutrition: Soil fertility management and fertilization for efficient and sustainable production.

5. Crop Management for Sustainable Agriculture: Agronomic practices that promote resilience, environmental sustainability, and productivity.

6. Participatory Research, Local Innovation, and Agrarian Extension: Experiences and methodologies that link science with local knowledge and technology transfer.

7. Harvesting, Post-Harvest, and Marketing: Management of products after collection, their conservation, processing, and commercialization.

8. Bioinformatics: Application of computational tools for the analysis of biological and genomic data in agriculture.

Document Types Published

To ensure the dissemination of various research and knowledge formats, the journal accepts unpublished contributions in the following categories:

• Original Articles: Documents that present, in detail, the complete results of completed research projects. They are the cornerstone of the publication.

• Short Communications: Brief reports describing preliminary results, novel findings, or technical data of immediate interest to the scientific community.

• Literature Reviews (or Review Articles): Critical and exhaustive analyses of recent scientific literature on a specific topic, allowing for a synthesis of the state of the art and proposing future perspectives.

• Thesis Abstracts: Publication of abstracts of master's or doctoral theses defended and related to the journal's themes, to make the research carried out by young scientists visible.