About the Journal

Aims

Scholar J Life and Agriculture is a peer-reviewed open access multidisciplinary journal that publishes qualitative, quantitative and combined - method research papers that include original research, short communication and reviews in all aspects of agriculture.  Specifically, the journal aims to disseminate research on the science and technology of crop and animal production, biosecurity, and postharvest handling of produce, agricultural technology, management of the natural resource base for agricultural production (land, soil and water), rural management and agricultural development, and agriculture in changing environments among others. The journal invites research papers that have the scope to address present issues in society while advancing the frontiers of knowledge.

Scope

Agricultural product health and safety

  • Post-harvest
  • Animal and plant inspection
  • Product freshness

Agricultural technology

  • Machinery
  • Remote sensing and data analysis
  • Geographical Information Systems

Animal production: livestock and poultry

  • Animal breeding
  • Animal nutrition

Crop production: grains; legumes; fruits; vegetables; flowers; cotton

  • Crop protection
  • Crop breeding and genetics
  • Crop nutrition, irrigation
  • Crop physiology
  • Pests and diseases, weeds, invasive species
  • Precision agriculture
  • Sustainable agriculture
  • Conservation agriculture
  • Organic agriculture
  • Ecological agriculture

 

Soil and water

  • Soil physics
  • Soil chemistry
  • Soil microbiology
  • Soil and water quality
  • Irrigation and water use efficiency

Impacts of environmental factors

  • Environmental influences on production and products
  • Impact of changing environments

Rural management and agricultural development

  • Trade
  • Livelihoods
  • Rural communities and aid

Get Published with Open Access! We strongly believe every research needs to be discoverable, disseminated widely and freely accessible to any one regardless of location and affiliation. This vision we attain through the Open Access publishing medium. Scholar J employs the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license to all published work under which, authors agree to make articles legally available for reuse, without permission or fees, for virtually any purpose and as such, anyone may copy, distribute, or reuse these articles, as long as the author and original source are properly cited.

Article Processing Charges (APC)

Scholar J Life and Agriculture is an Open Access Journal and as such charges APC. The associated APC for each accepted article is USD 500.

Indexing and Archiving

Articles in this journal are covered by different services that aid discovery and access such as, ZenodoDOI and Google Scholars among others.