African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development

Aims & Scope

The African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development(AJFAND) is a highly cited and prestigious peer reviewed journal with a global reputation, published in Kenya by the Africa Scholarly Science Communications Trust (ASSCAT). Our internationally recognized publishing programme covers a wide range of scientific and development disciplines, including agriculture, food, nutrition, environmental management and sustainable development related information. AJFAND was initiated in 2001 as a pilot project and was managed by the Rural Outreach Programme (ROP) headed by Prof. Ruth Oniang’o . The first issue was published in August 2001, making it one of the first continuously published agriculture, nutrition and development research publication in Africa. It is a publication with each issue combining research, programs and policy aspects. AJFAND envisions a world where information on Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development is contributed and shared honestly, respectfully, equally and impartially, a world in which the AJFAND supports all those who would like to contribute to knowledge building in the South as well as in the North. A key guiding principle of AJFAND is that no culture has a monopoly of knowledge. The African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development (AJFAND) wants to improve policy and decision-making in the field of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, the application of emerging technologies, their regulation and related research. The primary audience of the Journal consists of scientists, researchers, policy makers, students and non Governmental populace whose profession and/or interest lie in sustainable development, agriculture and food security. The secondary target group also includes a wide range of people like journalists, lecturers, opinion leaders, who work in the media and provide the actors with information through newspapers, magazines, lectures, website, radio, television, traditional dance and drama.

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

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Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

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