What this journal will review.
The journal aims to publish methodologically rigorous, regionally relevant crop science. Our scope spans eight broad areas — submissions outside these areas are returned without review.
Crop production systems
Cereal, legume, oilseed, root, vegetable, and tree-crop systems — with a regional bias but not a regional limit.
Plant breeding & genetics
Conventional, marker-assisted, and genomic-selection approaches. Germplasm characterisation. Trait dissection.
Soil science & nutrition
Soil fertility, nutrient cycling, biology, and management — including soil organic carbon and erosion.
Crop physiology
Growth, development, water relations, and stress responses, especially under climate-relevant conditions.
Climate adaptation
Modelling, vulnerability assessment, and field-tested adaptation interventions.
Plant protection
Pathology, entomology, weed science, and integrated pest management for the region's major crops.
Smallholder & policy
Adoption studies, livelihoods, and the policy environment shaping smallholder crop systems.
Regenerative & agroecology
Cover crops, agroforestry, integrated systems, and the on-farm metrics that prove they work.
We review
- Original research with primary data
- Systematic reviews and meta-analyses
- Short communications (≤ 3,000 words)
- Invited review papers
- Policy briefs (with editorial invitation)
We decline
- Single-site descriptive studies without comparator
- Product-marketing manuscripts
- Manuscripts without data-availability statements
- Duplicate submissions or salami slicing
- Work outside the eight thematic areas