About the Journal

Focus and Scope

The Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development (Jurnal Agribisnis dan Pengembangan Pedesaan) is a scientific publication media regarding in-depth studies and or research results related to Agribusiness and Rural Area Development. The main focus of the journal includes, but is not limited to, the following research topics:

1.  Agribusiness

- Agribusiness supply chain management and logistics
- Agricultural marketing and consumer behavior
- Entrepreneurship and innovation in agribusiness
- Sustainability and efficiency in agricultural production
- Digitalization and technology in agribusiness
- Business models and agribusiness marketing strategies
- Finance and investment in agribusiness
- Agricultural policies and their impact on the agribusiness sector

2.  Rural Area Development

- Economic and social development in rural areas
- Rural economic diversification and welfare improvement
- Public policy and governance in rural development
- Environmental sustainability and climate change adaptation in rural areas
- Technological innovation for rural development
- Community-based agro-industry and farmer empowerment
- Rural-urban connectivity and market access for farmers
- Food security and natural resource management strategies

This Journal is published periodically four times a year, namely in January, April, July, and October. The first edition (Vol. 1 No. 1) was published in April 2019.

Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development  Published by Department of socio-economics, Faculty of agriculture, Sam Ratulangi University.

Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development has been indexed by main indexing: SINTA; Google Scholar; Garba Rujukan Digital (GARUDA)

Peer Review Process

In the reviewing process, there are at least two reviewers for each manuscript in the related topic. In addition, author(s) can also propose the candidate of reviewers. Judgement from the first reviewer will be main priority for editor to make decision, if there are only two reviewers. In case of three reviewers, decision will be made from at least two reviewers. Four weeks will be needed for reviewer to complete one round reviewing process. Five days will be needed for the average time during which the preliminary assessment of manuscripts.

Generally, the candidate of reviewers will be chosen based on their reputation in the national or international publication number and quality. Next step, The Editor send the invitation letter for each candidate of reviewer. After the candidate of reviewer informed their availabilities for reviewing process, Editor create account for each reviewer and then send manuscript by OJS.

All reviewing process are in double blind peer review and managed by editor in the OJS.

Publication Frequency

The Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development (Jurnal Agribisnis dan Pengembangan Pedesaan) published periodically four times a year, namely in January, April, July, and October

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Plagiarism

Authors should submit only original work that is not plagiarized and not has been published or being considered elsewhere. Turnitin or other software will be used by the editorial team to check for simmiliarities of submitted manuscript with existing literatures.