Research in Agricultural Engineering

ISSN 1212-9151 (Print)
ISSN 1805-9376 (On-line)

• An international open access peer-reviewed journal published by the Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences and financed by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic. Published since 1954 (by 1999 under the title Zemědělská technika)
• The journal is administered by an international Editorial Board
• Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Ing. František Kumhála
  Co-editors: prof. Ing. David Herák, Ph.D., Ing. Abraham Kabutey, Ph.D.
• Executive Editor: Ing. Gabriela Uhlířová
• The journal is published quarterly
• Publication in the RAE is free of charge

Aims & Scope

original scientific papers, short communications, information, and studies covering all areas of agricultural engineering, agricultural technology, processing of agricultural products, countryside buildings and related problems from ecology, energetics, economy, ergonomy and applied physics and chemistry. Papers are published in English.

New Editor-in-Chief welcome on board! We are pleased to announce that Prof. Dr. Ing. František Kumhála has accepted our invitation to serve as an Editor-in-chief of the journal starting January 2020.  Prof. Kumhála specializes in agricultural engineering, precision agriculture, sensors for agriculture, harvesting Machinery. Prof. Kumhála is currently a chairman of the Department of  Agricultural Engineering, Energy and Develompment of the Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences.  Prof. Kumhála is head of the Department of Agricultural Machines, Faculty of Engineering, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic. We thank sincerely Ing. Zdeněk Pastorek, CSc., prof.h.c, the former Editor-in-chief, for his outstanding work for the journal.

Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences changes to double-blind reviewing The Publishing Board of the CAAS is pleased to announce its movement to a double-blind review process  (November 1, 2018). Authors and reviewers will be anonymous to each other. Submission of anonymized version of the papers (manuscripts) is for all authors that wish to publish at CAAS user friendly and similar to other publishing houses in the Czech Republic and abroad. We believe that the movement will be positively accepted amongst you, authors, and will encourage you to furtherly submit your original papers with scientific results to our renowned journals. doc. Ing. Radim Vácha, Ph.D. President of the publishing board of the CAAS

Current issue

Original Paper

Influence of magnetised irrigation water on the fertigation process and potato productivity

Harby Mostafa

Res. Agr. Eng., 66 (2020): 43-51abstractdownload PDF

Original Paper

Uncertainty estimation of the mean specific heat capacity for the major gases contained in biogas

Petr Travnicek, Ivan Vitázek

Res. Agr. Eng., 66 (2020): 52-59abstractdownload PDF

Original Paper

Evaluation of the stress state of a cultivator blade in production and operation

Tamara Skoblo, Ivan Rybalko , Aleksandr Tihonov, Taras Maltsev

Res. Agr. Eng., 66 (2020): 60-65abstractdownload PDF

Original Paper

Effectiveness of an evaporative charcoal cooler for the postharvest preservation of tomatoes and kales

Erick K. Ronoh, Christopher L. Kanali, Samuel N. Ndirangu

Res. Agr. Eng., 66 (2020): 66-71abstractdownload PDF

Original Paper

Assessment of a submerged membrane bioreactor with composite ceramic filters for cassava wastewater treatment

Nurudeen Samuel Lawal, Kolawole Ogedengbe, Olukayode Omotayo Smith Ojo, Abubakre Adeyanju Odufowokan

Res. Agr. Eng., 66 (2020): 72-79abstractdownload PDF