AGRIFA – Agriculture and Food: Current and Future Challenges

Welcome to AGRIFA, the international platform where ideas grow and solutions take root. This event brings together passionate minds to exchange insights, showcase best practices, and share cutting-edge research — all with a common goal: building a more sustainable agriculture and securing safer, healthier food for people and the planet.
At AGRIFA, we go beyond presentations — we spark conversations, encourage collaboration, and drive innovation. The conference empowers professionals to connect their real-world experience with forward-thinking approaches, creating a bridge between today’s challenges and tomorrow’s sustainable solutions.

🔍 What we care about most:

  • 🌿 Boosting biodiversity through smarter farming
  • 💧 Protecting soil and water – our most precious resources
  • 🥗 Elevating food quality for healthier communities
  • 🔄 Applying circular economy principles to turn agricultural by-products into valuable resources

AGRIFA also champions the need for transparent, science-based data that helps farmers and stakeholders make better decisions, use resources efficiently, and shape forward-looking agricultural policies.

💡 Key themes of AGRIFA 2025:

  • 🚜 Agriculture 4.0 – the future is now
  • 🍇 Viticulture – traditions meet technology
  • 🌎 Biodiversity & Climate Change – resilience in action
  • 🧪 Food Quality & Safety – trust on every plate
  • 🧬 Food Adulteration – uncovering hidden risks

🎉 And the best part? Participation is 100% FREE!
📅 Save the Date: October 24, 2025
📍 Location: Online via Microsoft Teams

🗓️ Important Deadlines:

  • October 10 – e-Poster submission
  • October 15 – Notification of acceptance
  • October 20 – Final submission

All accepted contributions will be published as full papers or abstracts in the official conference proceedings.
We can’t wait to see what you’ll bring to the conversation.
Let’s shape the future of food and agriculture – together.

Contact person:
Anca Becze
e-mail: anca.naghiu@icia.ro
Tel: 0040743328206

Organizing committee:

  • Cecilia Roman, Head of R&D Department, INCDO INOE 2000, ICIA Cluj-Napoca
  • Claudiu Tanaselia
  • Anca Becze
  • Vanda Liliana Babalau-Fuss

Reviewers committee:

  1. Cecilia Roman — Precision agriculture (PA), Circular economy, Superior recovery of agricultural wastes
  2. Anca Becze — Food quality and safety, Nutritional value, Food adulteration, Food technology, Alternative proteins, Nutrition education, Plats extracts
  3. Dorina Simedru — Food quality and safety, Product development, Circular bio-economy, LCA, Innovative packaging, Microplastics
  4. Marin Senila — Food contaminants, Environmental pollution, Bioavailability, Food Safety, Soil decontamination,
  5. Claudiu Tanaselia — Food contaminants, Environmental pollution
  6. Oana Cadar — Nano-materials, Characterization techniques, Applications
  7. Lacrimioara Senila — Agriculture, Climate change and environment, Food and nutrition, Bioenergy
  8. Erika Levei — Environmental chemistry, Health risk assessment, Nano-materials, Mining waste valorization
  9. Marius Roman — Agriculture, Environment evaluation,
  10. Melinda Kovacs — Global change, Environmental pollution, Ecosystem services, Soil microbiodiversity

Conference agenda

Posters

  1. Ecological impact of reducing sugars extraction technology from microalgae: Assessing resource scarcity, Eniko Kovacs, Maria-Alexandra Resz, Emilia Neag, Lăcrimioara Șenilă, Cecilia Roman;
  2. Evaluation of Soil Mineralization Efficiency Using Microwave-Assisted Aqua Regia and Four-Acid Mixture, Bogdan Simion Angyus, Marin Șenilă, Anamaria Iulia Török, Erika Andrea Levei, Claudiu Tănăselia, Oana Cadar
  3. Beta-Carotene and Ascorbic Acid Equivalent in Different Sweet Potato Varieties, Oana Bogdana Greblă,Vanda Băbălău Fuss
  4. EU IP Mechanism for the Agri-Food Sector, Mădălina-Alexandra Coțiu, Cristina-Maria Bălgărădean, Ancuța-Maria Ivan
  5. Effects of Minimal Tilage with Cover Crops on Soils Quality and Yield of Tomato and Pepper Crops, Lucian Dordai, Marius Roman
  6. From algae to fuel: Transesterification methods for microalgal biodiesel production, Eniko Kovacs, Lăcrimioara Șenilă, Cecilia Roman;
  7. Moss Bags as Bioindicators of Urban Air Pollution, Levente Levei, Otto Todor-Boer, Eniko Kovacs, Marius Roman, Lucian Dordai, Iulia Torok, Claudiu Tănăselia;
  8. Assessment of Potentially Toxic Elements in Agricultural and Forest Soils: Role of Land Use and Human Impact, Ana Moldovan, Ionuț-Cornel Mirea, Anamaria Iulia Torok, Maria Laura Tîrlă, Erika Andrea Levei, Oana Teodora Moldovan
  9. Detemination of Heavy Metals in Sambucus Nigra and Ground, Imola Noemi Nagy, Sonia-Ancuța Socaci, Vanda Băbălău Fuss
  10. Natural soil amendments – Impact on the uptake of toxic elements in arugula (Eruca sativa) and lettuce (Lactuca sativa), Oana Cadar, Eniko Kovacs, Marin Șenilă, Claudiu Tănăselia, Anamaria Iulia Torok, Marius Roman, Vanessa Fierro
  11. Metal Content in Prunus spinosa Fruits Collected from Different Locations in Cluj County, Romania, Băbălău-Fuss Vanda, Anca Becze, Roman Marius, Socaciu Bianca
  12. Analytical Characterization and Evaluation of Extractive Waste, Erika Andrea Levei, Eniko Kovacs, Claudiu Tănăselia, Bogdan Simion Angyus, Maria de Lurdes Dinis, Rui Sousa, Martina Petranikova, Ilyes Mahti, Joanna Kulczycka, Natalia Generowicz-Caba, Naciej Manka, Dariusz Kasperek, Daniela-Alexandra Scurtu;
  13. Raman Spectroscopy for Detecting Olive Oil Adulteration, Lăcrimioara Șenilă, Anca Becze, Dorina Simedru, Eniko Kovacs, Didar Sevim, Ayla Mumcu, Mehmet Hakan, Muzaffer Kerem, Oya Köseoğlu, Hülya Kaya.