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PRACTITIONERS GRADUATE STUDENTS APPLIED RESEARCHERS
The Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development (JAFSCD) announces its call for briefs and articles related to
Best Practices in Urban and Peri-Urban
Agriculture Development
To be included in JAFSCD Vol. 1, Issue 2
Deadline: June 5, 2010
(This submission deadline may be extended with permission of the publisher.)
JAFSCD welcomes research or policy briefs, and case studies (up to 2,500 words)
and full articles (up to 8,500 words) on best community-development practices related to:
Urban livestock management and regulation
Urban market gardening and backyard gardening
Marketing and value-adding
Waste management and reuse
Urban farming by immigrant or other special populations
Farming on the fringe
Briefs, case studies, and articles should focus on illustrative programs or projects, survey results, literature reviews, and public policy related — but not limited to — land-use planning and regulation, health ordinances or their implementation, training and educational programs, marketing systems or value chains, partnership development, systems approaches, issues of scale, and farm-neighbor relations. We are particularly interested in holistic approaches that combine community and economic development with environmental protection. Examples of applied research questions include:
- Poultry, rabbit, swine, and small ruminant production versus community health: can a balance of interests be found?
- Where and why are urban live animal markets flourishing? What are the SWOTs?
- Where and why have some conventional family farmers been able to successfully adapt to urbanization, and what are winning programming strategies to support them?
- What are key programmatic ingredients in helping older immigrants with a background and interest in farming gain access to agricultural opportunities in and around cities?
- What are the trends in growth of urban and peri-urban farming, and what hinders or encourages urban or peri-urban agriculture?
- What architecture or landscape designs are successfully accommodating urban or peri-urban agriculture?
- Where are urban farming policies working or showing promise? Why?
- What are viable approaches to market analysis and modeling for urban food production and sales outlets?
- There is a rich literature on urban agriculture in the Global South. Can that literature inform approaches that can be taken in the North?
Background
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has defined urban agriculture as “an industry that produces, processes and markets food and fuel, largely in response to the daily demand of consumers within a town, city, or metropolis, on land and water dispersed throughout the urban and peri-urban area, applying intensive production methods, using and reusing natural resources and urban wastes to yield a diversity of crops and livestock” ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_agriculture). The findings of national censuses, household surveys, and research projects suggest that up to two-thirds of urban and peri-urban households around the world are involved in agriculture. Much of the food produced is for their own consumption, with occasional surpluses sold to local markets ( www.fao.org/ag/magazine/9901sp2.htm).
Urban and peri-urban agriculture appears to be on the rise in industrial countries, especially among ethnic immigrant groups in North America and Europe. This may be fueled by people's economic situations as well as by growing interest in greening cities, localizing food production, and promoting food sovereignty These trends in urban and peri-urban agriculture are also accompanied by debates on related issues like land use, public health, sanitation, and economic viability. Our intent for this special-topic call for papers is to fill the significant deficit in the applied literature on trends and programming activities.
Please submit an abstract or concept piece directly to JAFSCD publisher Duncan Hilchey for initial screening and feedback:
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FOR DETAILS on this call for papers and submission guidelines, visit www.AgDevJournal.com.
The Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development is published by New Leaf Publishing and Consulting (www.NewLeafNet.com).
ONGOING OPEN CALL
The Journal welcomes articles at any time on any subject related to the development aspects of agriculture and food systems. Content can focus specifically on conservation and farmland protection, value-adding, cooperative marketing, value chains, distribution, farm labor, market research, consumer decision‐making drivers, and other topics. Authors are encouraged to submit applied research papers, commentary, and thoughtprovoking articles that inform the emerging field of agriculture and food systems development.
Faculty and students, Extension and other educators, planners, consultants, staff with farm agencies and farm and community organizations, and farmers are invited to submit material.
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INAUGURAL CALL FOR PAPERS
The Journal of Agriculture and Food Systems Community Development (JAFSCD) is a NEW online, international, peer-reviewed journal focused on applied research and best practices in the development of thriving farming communities and sustainable food systems. Authors are invited to submit papers under one of two categories:
1. OPEN CALL
Beginning November 15, 2009, the Journal welcomes papers at any time on any subject related to the development aspects of agriculture and food systems.
2. SPECIAL TOPIC CALL
GROWING FARMERS:
Evaluations of, Recent Innovations in,
and Best Practices for Young Farmer,
New Farmer, Small Farmer, Farm Transfer Programs,
Incubators, Networks, and Alliances
Special Topic Call Submissions will be accepted between November 15, 2009, and February 15, 2010.
Click here for more details on the call.
PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE CALL POSTER PDF AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE AND SHARE WITH COLLEAGUES.
The Journal has a brand new title!
Drum roll, please … and the title with the most votes is …
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development (JAFSCD).
Here are the percentages:
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development (JAFSCD) 37.8%
Journal of Agriculture and Food Systems Development (JAFSD) 35.6%
Journal of Agriculture, Food, and Community Development (JAFCD) 24.4%
The voting, clearly, was close. But here are some thoughts that make the winning title a clear choice (skip to the next paragraph if you don’t like mincing of words):
The word “Agriculture” was common to all three finalists. The phrase “Food Systems” was in both first and second place titles. The phrase “Community Development” was in both the first and third place titles. The word “Food” (without “Systems”) was only found in the third place title. Since the only difference between first place and third place title was the word “System,” we can lump these votes together with first place — thus yielding a clear winner.
Yes, the title is long and that can be a bit of an inconvenience, but this is trumped by the importance of clarity of the title’s meaning and distinctiveness. Some folks suggested dropping the word “Journal” from the title, but we feel that as an international, peer-reviewed publication with quality applied research, it is what it is. It is our hope that, despite being a “journal,” nonacademic practitioners will see it as a means of sharing and receiving the most valuable, state-of-the-art, practical tools and information on community-based agriculture and food systems development.
We received some thoughtful feedback with additional titles and responses to elements of these titles, but we feel that this title is most descriptive of the Journal’s aims and scope.
Thanks to all who voted!
And welcome to the new Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development!
Survey of Potential Journal Subscribers
As a key part of our planning for publishing an agriculture and food system development journal, New Leaf conducted an on-line survey of potential subscribers, including NGO and agency staffers, farmers, and academics. We recently tabulated the results of the first 1,000 respondents. We were pleased - though not surprised! - at the level of interest in a peer-reviewed journal on agriculture and food system development. As a group, respondents leaned toward a traditional peer-reviewed journal that includes both a set of articles on a theme as well as a smorgasbord of non-theme content. Naturally, there were a couple of questions raised by respondents about how this new journal would relate to existing publications and networks. We will design the new journal to complement the content of existing publications and support the critical work of collaborative networks that have been established in recent years.
We are leaving the survey open so if you are interested in sharing your thoughts about the Journal of Agriculture and Food Systems Development click here www.surveymonkey.com/journalsurvey
If you are interested in joining our Editorial Committee as a paper reviewer, columnist, book reviewer, or volunteer contact Duncan Hilchey (
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We'll be providing updates here at this website over the next few months to keep interested folks up to speed on the progress of the journal. In the meantime, please let us know if you have any questions or thoughts to share about the journal (
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