Sub-themes

Livestock - livestock health and production including genetics, breeding, growth, reproduction, nutrition, physiology, epidemiology, diseases, product value chains, economics, behaviour, genetic resources, welfare, ethics, health, management and production systems

Crops - Crop production and health including agronomy, crop molecular biology, production, genetics and breeding, germplasm, crop protection, soil sciences, postharvest systems and utilization, crop-animal interactions, environmental issues and agricultural information, modeling of crop systems, decision support systems, effect of climate changes and crop adaptation, and remote sensing for plant monitoring.

Fisheries and AquacultureNon-traditional scientific areas such as sustainability science, social-ecological systems, ornamental, conservation and restoration related to aquaculture. Topics include; Aquaculture Systems, Aquaculture Supplies, Farmed Fisheries, Fish Farming, Fisheries Science, Fisheries Management, Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture, Marine Culture, Marine Food, Ocean Fisheries, Oyster Farming, Salmon Aquaculture, Shrimp Farming, Tailrace Fishing, Tropical Aquaculture and Fisheries, Wild Fisheries

AgroforestryContributions that demonstrate the role of agroforestry in providing commodity as well as non-commodity benefits such as ecosystem services, biophysical and socioeconomic aspects of agroforestry including results of investigations of fundamental or applied nature dealing with integrated systems involving trees and crops and/or livestock.  

Apiculture - biology, ecology, natural history, conservation and culture of all types of bee (superfamily Apoidea). Topics will include; bee biology, bee genetics, bee breeding, pathology and toxicology, pollination and bee botany, bee products, management technologies and economy, solitary bees and bumblebees.