The African Journal of Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems (AJSAFS) is an open-access, peer-reviewed, international multidisciplinary journal dedicated to advancing research, innovation and knowledge sharing on sustainable agriculture and food systems across Africa and beyond.
The journal was launched to address Africa’s distinctive agricultural challenges and opportunities: climate variability, soil and water stress, post-harvest loss, uneven market access, and the need to value both scientific and indigenous knowledge. AJSAFS provides a platform for scholars, practitioners, policymakers and community stakeholders to examine integrated approaches that strengthen food security, environmental resilience, economic viability and social equity.
Vision
To be a trusted global platform that connects rigorous research on sustainable agriculture and food systems with practice and policy in Africa and beyond.
Mission
To publish and disseminate innovative, context-specific knowledge that improves food security, environmental sustainability, economic viability and social inclusion, including solutions grounded in indigenous knowledge.
Aims
The journal aims to:
Out of scope
Manuscripts that have no clear link to agriculture, food systems, rural livelihoods or natural-resource management in food production will usually be declined at screening. Purely commercial promotional material is not accepted.
What we publish
Manuscripts may be theoretical, empirical or applied. Work that is methodologically sound and relevant to African food systems is especially welcome, including comparative studies that place African experience in a wider context.
Publication model
AJSAFS is an open-access journal. Accepted articles are published online and may be read and downloaded without a subscription. The journal uses double-blind peer review. Publication frequency will be announced with Volume 1. Articles are published in English.
Publisher
AJSAFS is published by EmpiricalOpen Publishers.
Contact
Editorial and general enquiries: support@ajsafs.org
Editor In Chief
Dr Ezeaku E.I
Department of Agric
Federal College of Education, Eha Amufu
Enugu, Nigeria
Associate Editor
Dr Tony Chime
Department of Agricultural and Bio-Environmental Engineering
Institute of Management and Technology, Enugu
Nigeria
achime@imt.edu.ng
