Aims and Scope

The mission of the Journal of Agricultural & Rural Economics is to promote the understanding of agricultural and rural transformations and their role in economic development and sustainability. Covered topics include:

Agricultural and agri-food economics: agricultural market functioning, commodity prices, market volatility, agri-food value chains, and international agricultural trade.
Agricultural and rural policies: agricultural policy reforms, subsidies, food safety nets, rural development policies, and multi-level governance.
Rural development and territories: dynamics of economic diversification, rural entrepreneurship, the role of cooperatives, and local community integration into development strategies.
Sustainability and natural resource management: impacts of climate policies, water, soil, and biodiversity management, transition to sustainable food systems, and circular economy.
Food security and nutrition: equitable access to food, anti-hunger policies, and the relationship between rural poverty and food security.
Agricultural technologies and innovation: adoption of technological innovations, digital agriculture, mechanization, agroecology, and the role of research and development.
Inequalities and social inclusion: women’s role in agriculture, youth employment in rural areas, access to land and finance, and regional inequalities.
Behavioral economics and rural institutions: analysis of agricultural choices, the role of social norms and institutions in production and consumption behaviors.
Trade and globalization: trade agreements, non-tariff barriers, and the impacts of globalization on local rural economies.
International and interdisciplinary comparisons: cross-country comparative analyses of agricultural and rural models in developed, emerging, and developing countries.

This diversity makes the journal a privileged forum for publishing theoretical, empirical, quantitative, qualitative, and interdisciplinary research that sheds light on agricultural and rural transformations.