Discoveries in Agriculture and Food Sciences

About the Journal

Discoveries in Agriculture and Food Sciences (DAFS; ISSN 2756-2700) is an international, peer-reviewed, fully open-access journal published by Scholar Publishing, United Kingdom. Since 2013 it has published original research and critical reviews across the agricultural and food sciences, providing researchers, educators, practitioners and policymakers with a venue in which to communicate work that advances the science and technology of food and agricultural systems and their contribution to food security and sustainable development.

The journal publishes both applied and basic research, and is particularly interested in emerging fields and concepts that give direction to research and development in agricultural and food technology. As a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), DAFS follows the COPE Core Practices and observes the joint Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing.

• Crop physiology, breeding and genetics
• agronomy and cropping systems
• seed science
• weed, pest and disease management
• entomology, plant pathology and integrated pest management
• horticulture

• Soil science and fertility
• plant nutrition and fertilisation
• irrigation and water management
• land use
• the sustainable management of the natural-resource base for agricultural production

• Animal production, nutrition, breeding, physiology and health
• poultry science
• dairy science
• fisheries and aquaculture, with attention to product quality and welfare

• Food chemistry and microbiology
• food processing and engineering
• food quality, functional and nutritional properties
• food safety and quality assurance
• sensory and consumer science
• food security

• Postharvest physiology and handling
• storage
• value addition and by-product valorisation
• the development of food and agro-industrial products and processes

• Agricultural and food biotechnology
• molecular biology and genomics applied to crops, livestock and micro-organisms
• genetic resources
• biosecurity, including quarantine and the management of invasive and emerging threats

• Agricultural and resource economics
• farm and agribusiness management
• agricultural extension, innovation and technology adoption
• rural livelihoods
• food and agricultural policy

• Climate-smart and conservation agriculture
• agroecology and agrobiodiversity
• environmental impacts of agriculture
• the adaptation of food and agricultural systems to changing environments