The European Society for Agronomy (ESA) was launched in 1990. Its main objectives are:

• to promote the science of agronomy,
• to link those interested in agronomic research and development within Europe,
• to promote a European journal for agronomy and a newsletter,
• to encourage continuous training opportunities in agronomy for scientists and technicians, to cooperate with organisations with similar aims in other fields of science.
  
  The ESA is for agronomists, researchers and teachers who are concerned with basic and applied science in agronomy : the relationships between crops, soils, climates and agricultural practices, and between agriculture and the environment. It is a forum for scientists and users of research results to exchange information and experience and for developing collaborative programmes.
  
  ESA has a scientific committee of 3 members each in charge of one of the following scientific divisions:
  
  

  1.	Plant Systems Biology: The cultivated plant in a field		email
  2.	Field Scale Agroecology: The cultivated field as an ecosystem		email
  3.	Cropping Systems at Farm, Regional and Global Scale: the Cropping System in its embedding systems		email

  
  ESA has national representatives in many European countries, and strong and friendly relationships with the American Society of Agronomy (ASA).
  
  Every two years, ESA organises a scientific congress (Paris-F, 1990; Warwick-UK, 1992; Padova-I, 1994; Veldhoven-NL, 1996; Nitra-SL, 1998; Hamburg-D, 2000; Cordoba-E, 2002; Copenhagen-DK, 2004; Warsaw-PL, 2006; Bologna-I, 2008). In 2000, the congress had been in conjunction with the third International Crop Science Congress (ICSC-3). The coming congress will be held on 2010 in Montpellier, France. The 2012 congress will be held in Finland.
  
  Conferences and workshops on specific subjects are co-organized by ESA, which also supports scientific networks, such as the "crop modelling network".
  
  Started in 1992, the European Journal of Agronomy has a scientific board of ESA members. It is published by Elsevier Science and it is abstracted into several publications such as Field Crop Abstracts (CAB). See the impact factor.
  
  The ESA newsletter, published twice a year, conveys information within the Society.
  
  ESA is managed by an Executive board of 4 members (president, past-president, president-elect and executive secretary).

The ESA web site is developed and maintained by the voluntary effort of ESA members. Everybody is welcome to contribute to make this site more useful and interesting for visitors, and the contribution will be acknowledged (see the "acknow" button placed on the bottom of left frame in the home page).

The division chairmen are in charge of the development and maintenance of the pages. Please contact the ESA Secretary.

The ESA Executive Secretary