The 4th International Conference on Sustainable Agriculture and Environment (4th ICSAE)

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PrefaceOn behalf of the organizing committee, I would like to express our sincere gratitude for all of your contributions and participation in the 4th International Conference of Sustainable Agriculture (ICSAE) which was held in Surakarta Indonesia, 10-12 August 2017. This conference belongs to ICSAE conference series that was already held in Surakarta Indonesia (2013), Konya Turkey (2015) and Warsaw Poland (2016). The International Conference on Sustainable Agriculture and Environment was aimed to provide a platform for researchers and academics as well as practicing professionals from all over the world, to present their research and professional development activities in agriculture, environment, food and other relevant subjects. This conference series was an effort to identify the ideas, practices and policies that constitute our concept of sustainable agriculture. We are doing this activity for two reasons: 1) to clarify the research agenda and priorities of our goal, and 2) to suggest practical approaches, which may be appropriate in moving toward a better concept of sustainable agriculture. The concept of sustainable agriculture itself is still evolving and thus, we published not as a definitive or final statement, but as an invitation to continue our dialogue.At this conference, there were 170 papers submitted from 15 different countries. Each paper proposal was evaluated by two reviewers and 120 papers were presented. However, only papers which meet the certain criteria were selected for published in this IOP Conference Proceeding Series. We would like to thank to all of our conference committees as well as to all participants without whom the conference won’t gain the current success. We are sure that, 4th ICSAE will be the flagship conference for researchers, students and professionals in the areas related to Agriculture & Environment. Their contributions have benefited our countries and the world by disseminating their research advancements and discoveries. Our ideas were network building and knowledge exchange in order to straighten existing partnership and foster new collaborations.