AGRODEP member Evans Osabuohien is guest editor for a Special Issue for the African Journal of Economic and Management Studies (AJEMS) and is announcing a call for papers. The issue focuses on Labour Issues in Africa’s Agricultural and Rural Transformation. It aims to extend understanding of how and why the increasing investments in agriculture and land, particularly in rural areas, in many African countries coexist with rising unemployment.
Empirical or case-based papers that offer new insights into the labour issues that are related to agricultural and rural transformation in Africa with respect to the following sub-themes, are of interest:
Key features and models for agricultural and rural transformation
Energy and green growth dynamics
Financial inclusion and technology consideration
Gender and youth issues
Industrialisation and urbanisation interactions
Poverty reduction aspects
Pro-poor and inclusive growth issues
Requisite institutional framework
Rural-urban migration
Value chain and market access
Water, irrigation provisions and infrastructural issues
Manuscripts should follow the instructions for electronic submission of papers to African Journal of Economic and Management Studies (AJEMS) using ScholarOne Manuscripts, the online submission and peer review system. Authors are to follow the guidelines prescribed by AJEMS and should indicate that they wish the manuscript to be reviewed for inclusion in the special issue. The editor of this issue would be happy to review the plans for papers in advance of their receipt.
The closing date for submitting papers is March 15, 2019.
The corresponding Guest Editor for this issue is:
Prof. Evans Osabuohien, Professor of Economics, Covenant University, Nigeria & Visiting Professor, Witten/Herdecke University, Germany