| We are pleased to invite you to the fifteenth International Conference Competitiveness of Agro-Food and Environmental Economy, CAFEE 2026, which will be held on 3 – 4 December 2026 at the Department of Agro-Food and Environmental Economics, the Bucharest University of Economic Studies. |
| Welcome to CAFEE International Conference |
| Submit your paper before 1 November 2026 The main goal of the conference is to debate new ideas provided by research along with experiences brought by institutional and business representatives in the field of agro-food economy and environmental economy. Topics covered:Agricultural EconomicsEnvironmental EconomicsSustainable DevelopmentCommon Agricultural PolicyCircular EconomyAgricultural Management and MarketingAgri-food Value ChainRural DevelopmentSmart FarmingFood Safety and Nutritional SecurityEnvironmental Economics and PoliciesEcological RestorationEnvironmental Assessment |
| Types of manuscript submission Conference article to be reviewed for publication in the Proceedings of CAFEE 2026 (involves paper publication)The manuscript will be sent to peer review to at least two scientific members of the conference committee. Upon peer review, if the manuscript is accepted, it will be published in the Proceedings of CAFEE at the Editura ASE publishing house. The volume will be indexed in various databases.Working paper to be reviewed and debated at CAFEE 2026 (paper publication optional)The manuscript will be sent to peer review to at least two scientific members of the conference committee. The authors will be provided feedback before and during the conference. This type of submission is focused on improving the working paper according to the feedback gathered from the conference.Article to be presented at conference and to be published in one of the journals affiliated to CAFEE 2026The manuscript will be sent to peer review to at least two scientific members of the conference committee. The manuscript will be designed according to the recommendations of the journal and, upon improvement based on conference feedback, the manuscript will be finally submitted to the journal. |
| Paper Submission Deadline: 1 November 2026 Notification with the review report of the paper: 15 November 2026 Final paper due (with any changes) & Payment of conference fee: 22 November 2026 |
| Papers accepted after the peer-review process will be included in the proceedings of the conference and indexed in ProQuest, RePEc, EconPapers databases. Interested participants may submit their papers to be considered by international journals indexed in relevant scientific databases and they can be partially supported by our business partners. |
 Papers presented during the conference can also be submitted to The Topical Collection “Sustainable Economic Development: Challenges, Policies, and Reforms” — a topical collection in Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). Selected papers can also be submitted for publication to the Special Issue “Challenges and Opportunities in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in the Agrifood Economy”.The journal is indexed within Scopus, SCIE and SSCI (Web of Science), and other relevant databases. Journal Rank: Impact Factor 2025: Q2, AIS = 0.582. |
| Should you have any questions, please email us at: conference.cafee@eam.ase.ro |