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