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Journal of Agrarian Change Template

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About the Journal of Agrarian Change format

Journal of Agrarian Change is a peer-reviewed journal published by Wiley, covering Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development, Land Rights and Reforms, Global trade, sustainability, and social impact.

PublisherWiley
Reference styleAuthor–year (Chicago)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Journal of Agrarian Change 12 (3): 45–58.

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Publishes research inAgriculture, Land Use, Rural Development Land Rights and Reforms Global trade, sustainability, and social impact Political Economy and Marxism Organic Food and Agriculture
ISSN1471-0358
Citation impact (2-yr)2.47
h-index92
i10-index550
Total citations33,266
Article processing charge$3,660
Top institutions publishing hereSOAS University of London
Journal websiteonlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Papers published in Journal of Agrarian Change per year

51
2014
51
2015
62
2016
52
2017
58
2018
54
2019
53
2020
76
2021
61
2022
48
2023
48
2024
69
2025

Citation impact of Journal of Agrarian Change by publication year

1K
2014
1.9K
2015
1.4K
2016
1.2K
2017
1.3K
2018
851
2019
539
2020
929
2021
555
2022
330
2023
205
2024
161
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Journal of Agrarian Change

Global Land Grabbing and Trajectories of Agrarian Change: A Preliminary Analysis

Saturnino M. Borras, Jennifer C. Franco · 13 Dec 2011

‘Land grab’ has become a catch‐all phrase to refer to the current explosion of (trans)national commercial land transactions mainly revolving around the production and export of food, animal feed, biofuels, timber and minerals. Two key dimensions of the current land grab – namely, the politics of changes in land use and property relations change (and…

Inequality and Social Conflict Over Land in Africa

Pauline E. Peters · 3 Jun 2004

The paper proposes that reports of pervasive competition and conflict over land in sub‐Saharan Africa belie a current image of negotiable and adaptive customary systems of landholding and land use but, instead, reveal processes of exclusion, deepening social divisions and class formation. Cases of ambiguous and indeterminate outcomes among claimants over land do occur, but…

Gender and Land Rights Revisited: Exploring New Prospects via the State, Family and Market

Bina Agarwal · 1 Jan 2003

The question of women's land rights has a relatively young history in India. This paper briefly traces that history before examining why gendering the land question remains critical, and what the new possibilities are for enhancing women's land access. Potentially, women can obtain land through the State, the family and the market. The paper explores…

Policy Discourses on Women's Land Rights in Sub–Saharan Africa: The Implications of the Re–turn to the Customary

Ann Whitehead, Dzodzi Tsikata · 1 Jan 2003

This article examines some contemporary policy discourses on land tenure reform in sub–Saharan Africa and their implications for women's interests in land. It demonstrates an emerging consensus among a range of influential policy institutions, lawyers and academics about the potential of so–called customary systems of land tenure to meet the needs of all land users…

Contract Farming in Sub‐Saharan Africa: A Survey of Approaches, Debates and Issues

Carlos Oya · 13 Dec 2011

The paper provides a selective survey of the most significant literature on the rise of contract farming in developing countries, with a focus on sub‐Saharan Africa. The review of the literature illustrates ideological debates around the meaning and significance of contract farming and whether it is good or bad for small‐scale farmers. The paper then…

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