About the Journal

The Journal aims to publish and disseminate high quality, peer-reviewed scholarly contributions by and for a multi-disciplinary range of stakeholders (students, teachers, researchers, development actors, policy makers, etc.) focusing on the exchange of knowledge and experiences relevant to promote and support development within pastoral systems in East Africa as well as global scientific advancement.

More specifically, EAJP plans to :

  • Create a forum for scientific exchange on pastoralism.
  • Facilitate development of strong scientific and research networks between institutions and professionals working in east African pastoralist areas.
  • Improve the visibility and practical role of scientific research programs in east African pastoralist areas.
  • Contribute to the sharing of evidence-based knowledge and practices to improve the management and utilization of indigenous knowledge and resources in east African pastoralist areas.

Publication Themes

Generally, EJAP is a multidisciplinary Journal accepting contributions from a wide range of scientific fields, conditional to a focus on pastoral systems in Eastern Africa (including their ‘agro-pastoral’ forms): Preference will be given to contributions touching on one or more of the following broad research/publication themes :

  • Integration of dry-land crop agriculture and mobile or extensive livestock production at different scales, especially in relation to food security and resilience (resilient livelihoods).
  • Pastoral resource management, including ecological sustainability of pastoral systems, land tenure and use, biodiversity conservation, and ecotourism.
  • Social organization, language and communication, indigenous institutions and rules (especially concerning conflict resolution); mobility.
  • Health care, including alternative and integrated health systems (e.g. one-health approach); maternal and child health and nutrition; harmful traditional practices; endemic and emerging health problems; and ethno-medicine.
  • Education, including innovation and adaptation in service delivery, child care and development, youth and adult education, culture and history, sustainable development goals and strategies.
  • Economic systems, including the direct and indirect economic value of pastoral systems; market access, value chain analysis and development, and niche markets; and financial services and investment.
  • Modernization, with a focus on ways scientific research and technological innovation can contribute towards understanding, supporting and improving pastoral systems.
  • The legacy and current outcomes of development in relation to pastoral systems (especially poverty alleviation and equity, employment, settlement and basin development, creation and management of infrastructures, social cohesion and security).
  • Cross-cutting issues: climate change, gender, HIV/AIDS, internal displacement (IDPs), migration, marginalization, security, urbanization.

Scope

Generally, EJAP will be published in both print and electronic formats on a biannual basis i.e. November and June of every JJU academic year. To successfully realize its aims, EAJP invites original research articles, critical topical reviews, theoretical and methodological articles, short communications, case studies, book reviews and other special issue scholarly contributions pertaining to the dynamics, challenges and development of pastoral systems in eastern Africa.

  • Original articles should present data from original research which is relevant to scientific advancement and socio-economic development especially in the context of eastern Africa and the African continent as a whole.
  • Critical topical review articles must be critical analyses of the fields reviewed, covering a wide range of issues for instance, controversies, ‘gray’ areas, and breakthroughs.
  • Case reports should be authentic, and follow disciplinary ethical writing principles.
  • Letters to the Editor are welcome but must be relevant to other readers and priority will be given to those responding to articles published in the last journal issue.
  • Short Communications are brief (2 -4 printed page) reports on the results of complete small investigations or giving details of new models or hypotheses, innovative methods, techniques or apparatus. The style of main sections need not conform to that of full -length papers.
  • Special issue may include special reports, statements or proceedings of pastoral related conference, workshop and symposiums.