Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering, 简称FASE，2014年2月创刊，是由中国工程院、中国农业大学和高等教育出版社联合主办的国际化英文期刊。目前已被DOAJ，Scopus，ESCI，EBSCO，CSCD核心等数据库收录，2022年IF=3.7。FASE旨在为农业科学与工程领域的研究人员提供论文发表与学术交流的国际化平台，内容涵盖农业科学、农业技术/工程、农业经济、农业政策及管理等可促进当前与未来农业可持续发展的学科。

Guest Editors: 

樊胜根  教授

Shenggen Fan

Dean, Academy of Global Food Economics and Policy

Chair Professor, China Agricultural University

s.fan@cau.edu.cn

College of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China

王晶晶  博士

Jingjing Wang

Assistant Professor, China Agricultural University

jwang010@cau.edu.cn

College of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China

Over the past several decades, both China and Africa have implemented various agricultural and food policy initiatives that have had significant impacts on national and global food systems. However, they now face new challenges that include different forms of malnutrition, such as micronutrient deficiency, overweight and obesity. Moreover, there are emerging challenges related to the degradation and depletion of natural resources, as well as the effects of climate change. Equally importantly, food systems in both China and Africa are now confronted with more frequent and intense weather events, such as droughts, floods, cyclones, and heatwaves. Plant and animal diseases and pests, including zoonic diseases like COVID-19 and Avian Flu, pose additional threats. Manmade regional conflicts and distorted global trade and markets further complicate the already complex food systems.

To effectively address these existing and emerging challenges, it is essential to reconsider technologies, food and agricultural policies. Comparative studies between China and Africa, based on their respective lessons and experiences, can provide valuable insights for developing appropriate strategies. Rethinking food and agricultural policies and developing new technologies and practices will help guide efforts to address these challenges and build more resilient and sustainable food systems.

We are therefore organizing a special issue of Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering (FASE, http://journal.hep.com.cn/fase) entitled “Food Systems Transformation in China and Africa”. As a rapidly developing interdisciplinary subject, food systems transformation demands holistic research from multiple disciplines.

The special issue invites submission of original and innovative papers as well as reviews and opinion pieces relevant to food systems transformation such as:

1. Agricultural and food policies 

‒农业与食物政策

2. Trade and value chains 

‒贸易与价值链

3. Diet, nutrition, and health 

‒饮食，营养和人类健康

4. Environmental resources and sustainability 

‒环境资源与可持续发展

5. Emerging technologies and practices 

‒新兴技术和实践

6. Climate resilience 

‒气候适应能力

7. Gender equity, youth incentive, and smallholders 

‒性别平等，青年与小农户发展

8. Rural finance, insurance, and social protection

‒农村金融、涉农保险和社会保障

9. and all other relevant topics

‒其他

In view of your international standing as a research scientist, we cordially invite you to write a review or research paper for this special issue related to one of the topics listed above with a due day of March 1st, 2024. We look forward to receiving a positive response and a one-page abstract from you before you start to draft the article. Please submit your manuscripts through the FASE online submission system at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/fase and marked the “Special Issue: Food Systems Transformation in China and Africa” in your letter or manuscript. The editors will strive to complete the first review process within 1–2 weeks and give you a quick response.

FASE网址：http://journal.hep.com.cn/fase

投审稿平台：https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/fase

联系邮箱：fase@cau.edu.cn