Learn the history and purpose of Current Agriculture, Food and Resource Issues and search articles below.
History
In 2000 the CAES created Current Agriculture, Food and Resource Issues (CAFRI). Due to the logistical difficulties the Society was experiencing in managing it, the CAES discontinued it in 2007 and all articles archived for member access, resulting in the CAFRI Archives.
During its publication run the journal provided economic analysis of current issues to people working in the agricultural and agri-food, agri-business, resource, and development areas, particularly in Canada. The journal was published solely in an electronic (web-based) format to ensure the timely and widespread dissemination of research and was supported through page charges of $45 per printed page.
CAFRI welcomed submissions that focused on important, real-life problems and that provided timely, succinct, theory-based, empirical analysis. CAFRI encouraged authors to submit original scholarly manuscripts on any aspect of the economics of agriculture, agri-business, resources or development. Authors from the agribusiness sector, government, and the wider agri-food and natural resource community were encouraged to submit their research.
The editorial advisory board was comprised of individuals drawn from universities, agri-business, government, and the wider agri-food and natural resource community. The primary role of the members of the editorial advisory board was to assist in the process of ensuring that the journal consistently published material of a high standard and is editorially independent.
All submissions underwent double-blind review and were accepted or rejected as submitted. All editorial decisions were final however, the editor could ask for changes to improve the manuscript’s accessibility and readability.
Articles were published as soon as possible after they were accepted. There was no set number of articles per year. Papers published within the same calendar year carried the same volume number and were paginated consecutively; however, the journal was not divided into issues. The articles formed a database which allowed readers to search in several ways: by author; by broad subject grouping; by period of publication (for example, last six months, last year); or by full-text search.
Purpose
The aim of the articles was to provide analysis helpful to people working in the field but whose knowledge of theoretical concepts and technical definitions may be a few years in the past. Each article was required to follow a specific format and CAFRI encouraged empirical work that included regressions, provided the presentation of regressions was as clear and basic as possible.
The target audience included agricultural and resource economists doing applied work in the areas of agri-business, policy, resources, trade, and economic development; students in agricultural, resource and agri-business programs; and academics in agricultural, resource and agri-business programs.
Topics requested by the journal included those that could be analyzed by a very good senior undergraduate student for his or her undergraduate thesis; those that might be assigned to a researcher in an agri-business firm; and those that a policy analyst in a government agency might be asked to investigate.
Editors and Editorial Board
Editors
2000-2004: Glenn Fox and Karl Meilke, University of Guelph
2005-2008: Steve Clark and Gary Grant, Nova Scotia Agricultural College
Editorial Board
Vic Adamowicz, University of Alberta
Rick Barichello, University of British Columbia
Jean-Philippe Gervais, Université Laval
Brian Oleson, University of Manitoba
Peter W.B. Phillips, University of Saskatchewan
Paul Thomassin, McGill University
Erna van Duren, University of Guelph
Copyright
Current Agriculture, Food and Resource Issues retains copyright to all documents in order that they may be used according to the “fair use” guidelines below. Specifically, CAFRI retains full and exclusive rights including, but not limited to, the right to publish, republish, transmit, distribute, and otherwise use all published documents (articles, editorials, comments and so on) appearing in CAFRI on the World Wide Web. Published documents can be used under the following “fair use” guidelines:
- Users may download or print any document appearing in Current Agriculture, Food and Resource Issues for their own use. Articles, or any other documents appearing in Current Agriculture, Food and Resource Issues, can be used for non-commercial, educational, and teaching purposes by students and teachers. Use of material to promote free speech, learning, scholarly research, and open discussion is encouraged. The copying or redistribution of articles or any other document in any manner for personal or corporate gain is prohibited.
- Any material from an article, editorial, comment, and so on can be excerpted for use by media, academia, business, students, or any other organization as long as full credit is given to the author of the article and to Current Agriculture, Food and Resource Issues.
- Likewise, any table or figure can be reproduced (or excerpted) from Current Agriculture, Food and Resource Issues as long as full credit is given to the author and to the journal.