Aims and Scope

AgriPaT – Journal of Agricultural Policy & Transformation is an international, peer-reviewed platform dedicated to advancing scholarly, evidence-based, and policy-relevant discourse on the transformation of agricultural systems in response to the pressing global challenges of the 21st century. The journal serves as a bridge between academic research, policy formulation, and practical implementation, providing a critical forum for researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and development professionals to engage with the complexities of agricultural transformation in a rapidly changing world.

The core mission of AgriPaT is to foster research that critically examines the formulation, implementation, and impacts of agricultural and rural development policies, while highlighting pathways to achieve sustainable growth, social equity, and climate resilience. Recognizing the interdependent nature of agriculture, the journal embraces a multidisciplinary perspective, integrating insights from economics, sociology, environmental science, political science, technology studies, and beyond.

We particularly welcome contributions that advance theoretical frameworks, offer robust empirical evidence, and develop innovative policy approaches capable of addressing the interconnected challenges facing global agri-food systems. These challenges include climate change, resource constraints, population growth, shifting trade dynamics, and the increasing need for equitable and sustainable food production systems.

Key thematic areas include, but are not limited to:

  • Climate-smart and sustainable farming systems that enhance productivity while reducing environmental footprints, addressing adaptation and mitigation strategies for climate change.
  • Digital agriculture and technology adoption, including the role of artificial intelligence, precision farming, big data analytics, and ICT in transforming agricultural productivity and decision-making.
  • Land tenure, resource governance, and institutional reform, exploring legal, political, and social dimensions of resource rights and their implications for equity, efficiency, and sustainability.
  • Food security, nutrition policy, and resilience building, with attention to vulnerable populations and the role of policy in ensuring equitable access to safe, nutritious, and sufficient food.
  • Livestock development, veterinary services, and animal health systems, addressing livestock productivity, disease control, veterinary service delivery, animal welfare, and sustainable livestock value chains in agricultural development.
  • One Health approaches in agriculture, examining the interconnectedness of human, animal, and environmental health, including zoonotic disease management, antimicrobial resistance, biosecurity, and integrated policy responses.
  • Agricultural and rural development policies that shape structural transformation, rural livelihoods, and inclusive economic growth.
  • Market dynamics, trade, and value chain governance, analyzing how domestic and international market structures, trade agreements, and governance arrangements affect agricultural competitiveness and farmer welfare.
  • Investment, finance, and risk management in agriculture, focusing on innovations in credit systems, insurance schemes, and investment mechanisms that enhance agricultural sector's resilience.
  • Socioeconomic transformation in farming communities, examining rural diversification, migration, social protection, and gender dynamics in agricultural development.
  • Plant Sciences and related disciplines: Advancing crop science, plant biotechnology, genetics, and sustainable production, alongside food chemistry, food technology, enzyme technology, and agro-processing innovations that enhance agricultural productivity, food quality, safety, and value addition.

  • Interdisciplinary research with agricultural or food-system relevance: Studies in economics, finance, energy, governance, nutrition and public health, environmental management, food science and technology (including food chemistry, enzyme technology and agro-processing), and regional development are welcome when they address agricultural production, food systems, natural resources, rural livelihoods, or the policies and institutions that shape them.

Manuscripts with no identifiable link to agriculture, food systems, natural resources or rural development fall outside the journal’s scope and may be declined at editorial screening, regardless of their quality. Authors should state the agricultural or policy relevance in the abstract and conclusion. 

Types of Publications

AgriPaT welcomes the following publication types:

  • Original Research Articles: Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-method studies, including policy insight papers, econometric analyses, impact assessments, experimental studies, and case studies.
  • Review Papers: Systematic reviews, scoping reviews, meta-analyses, bibliometric reviews, narrative reviews, and critical reviews.
  • Policy Insight Papers: Policy Briefs, Concise, evidence-based recommendations translating research findings into actionable policy and practical interventions, Review based policy briefs.
  • Policy Analysis and Perspectives: Critical analyses of agricultural policies, institutional frameworks, governance mechanisms, and emerging policy challenges.
  • Conceptual and Theoretical Papers: Contributions developing new concepts, theoretical frameworks, models, and analytical approaches relevant to agricultural and rural transformation.
  • Methodological Papers: Novel or improved research methods, analytical techniques, indicators, and tools for agricultural policy and socioeconomic research.
  • Short Communications and Research Notes: Brief reports of significant preliminary findings, emerging evidence, innovative approaches, or focused empirical investigations.
  • Commentaries and Viewpoints: Informed scholarly perspectives on contemporary issues, policy debates, and emerging developments in agriculture and food systems.
  • Case Studies and Best Practices: Evidence-based examinations of successful initiatives, policy interventions, institutional innovations, and development experiences with potential for wider application.

AgriPaT publishes continuously: each article is published online as soon as it is ready, with its own DOI and publication date. Articles are grouped into bimonthly issues (6 issues a year); the issue date is the date the issue closes.

For further details, please visit authors' guidelines.

All submissions are subject to the journal's editorial assessment, scope, and applicable peer-review requirements.

Why Publish with AgriPaT?

  • Global Reach & Policy Impact: Advancing evidence-based agricultural policies and sustainable agri-food systems worldwide.
  • Comprehensive & Multidisciplinary Scope: Covering agricultural policy, socioeconomic development, environmental sustainability, and technological innovation.
  • Rigorous Double Blind Peer Review: Ensuring scientific quality, research integrity, and scholarly excellence.
  • Interdisciplinary Innovation: Bridging policy, technology, and sustainability for transformative agricultural solutions.
  • Immediate Open Access: Providing unrestricted global access to high-quality research.