Report of the Editor‐in‐Chief

Submissions to the Journal have increased again and continue their strong international pattern. Our response times continue to meet our targets, with a few regrettable exceptions, for which our apologies. The JAE's citation impact factor reached 2.0 in 2017 with current indications that our 2018 score will be at least as high. Our sincere thanks are due to our authors and reviewers for this performance. Wiley continue to provide a strong publishing platform with our full archive generating continuing downloads.     

Report of the Editor‐in‐Chief

Submissions to the Journal appear to have stabilised, but continue a strong international pattern. Our response times continue to meet our targets. The JAE's citation impact factor has recovered to 1.5 in 2015 with current indications that 2016's score will be similar. Wiley continue to provide a strong publishing platform with our full archive generating a continuing increase in the number of downloads.     

Report of the Editor‐in‐Chief

Submissions to the Journal continue to increase steadily, with a strong international pattern, while our response times are also improving. The JAE's citation impact factor has recovered to 1.3 in 2014. Current indications are that 2015's score will be similar. Wiley‐Blackwell continue to provide a strong publishing platform with our full archive generating a continuing increase in the number of downloads.     

Report of the Editor‐in‐Chief

2007 has seen a further increase in submissions to the Journal, with an increasingly international pattern, though no corresponding increase in accepted papers. Response times continue to meet our target of 4 months, with some regrettable lapses. The citation impact factor has slipped a little from last year but continues to be strong relative to our historical performance. Wiley‐Blackwell continue to provide a strong publishing platform, and will soon mount our full archive on‐line in Blackwell Synergy, which is to be merged with Wiley Interscience in January 2009.     

Report of the Editor‐in‐Chief

Submissions to the Journal continue to increase steadily, with a strong international pattern, while our response times are also improving. The JAE's citation impact factor has declined from the record highs of 2011 & 2012 (1.55 & 1.5) to 0.97. Current data suggest that 2014's score will be little better. Wiley‐Blackwell continue to provide a strong publishing platform with our full archive generating a continuing increase in the number of downloads.     

Report of the Editor‐in‐Chief

Submissions to the Journal continue to increase strongly (up 35% since last year), with a strong international pattern, while our response times are also improving. The JAE's citation impact factor declined slightly in 2012 from the record high in 2011 (1.55) to 1.5. However, current data on 2013 citations imply a significant decline in 2013 (due to be published in June 2014). Wiley‐Blackwell continue to provide a strong publishing platform with our full archive generating rapidly increasing numbers of downloads.     

Report of the Editor‐in‐Chief

2009 has seen a further increase in submissions to the Journal, which continue to show an increasingly international pattern, although with no corresponding increase in accepted papers. Response times continue to meet our target of four months, with fewer regrettable lapses, and an improvement in mean time to decision from 2008. The JAE’s citation impact factor has improved to 1.2 in 2008. Wiley‐Blackwell continue to provide a strong publishing platform with the full archive of JAE papers now online.     

Report of the Editor‐in‐Chief

Submissions to the Journal continue to increase, with a strong international pattern, while our response times are also improving. The JAE's citation impact factor reached a record high in 2011 at 1.55, with data on 2012 citations suggesting a modest decline in 2012 (due to be published in June 2013). Wiley‐Blackwell continues to provide a strong publishing platform with our full archive generating rapidly increasing numbers of downloads.     

Report of the Editor‐in‐Chief

Submissions to the Journal continue to show an increasingly international pattern, with the submission rate apparently stabilising after a recent rapid increase. Our response times still mostly meet our target of four months, with some regrettable lapses. The JAE’s citation impact factor has slipped again in 2010, though indications from data on 2011 citations strongly suggest a significant improvement in the 2011 impact factor (due to be published in June 2012). Wiley‐Blackwell continue to provide a strong publishing platform with our full archive generating rapidly increasing numbers of downloads.     

Report of the Editor‐in‐Chief

The year 2010 saw a substantial increase in submissions to the Journal, which show an increasingly international pattern, though with no corresponding increase in accepted papers. Response times continue to meet our target of four months, with fewer regrettable lapses, though with some increase in mean time to decision from 2009. The JAE’s citation impact factor has slipped a little to 1.15 in 2009, though we retain second place in the peer group ranking. Wiley‐Blackwell continues to provide a strong publishing platform with the full archive of JAE papers now on line.     

Report of the Editor-in-Chief

Submissions to the Journal have increased again and continue their strong international pattern. Our response times continue to meet our targets, with a few regrettable exceptions, for which our sincere apologies. The JAE's citation impact factor reached an all time high of 2.5 in 2018, though current indications that our 2019 score may not be quite as high. Our sincere thanks are due to our authors and reviewers for this performance. Wiley continue to provide a strong publishing platform with our full archive generating continuing growth in downloads.     

JAE, 2022: Report of the Editor-in-Chief

Submissions to the Journal have stabilised since the Covid-related surge in 2020, and continue their strong international pattern. Our response times continue to meet or exceed our targets, with a few regrettable exceptions, for which our sincere apologies. The JAE's citation impact factor increased again in 2021 to 4.16, a modest increase from the 2020 score. Our total 2-year citations, however, show a worrying decline since last year. Our sincere thanks are due to our authors and our many reviewers for their contributions. Wiley continue to provide a strong publishing platform with our full archive, generating continuing growth in downloads.     

Role of international politics on agri‐food trade: Evidence from US–Canada bilateral relations

A well‐functioning trade relationship between Canada and the United States is crucial to the economic vitality of the Canadian agri‐food industry. However, agri‐food trade is more susceptible than other sectors to political interventions. The Trump presidency has strained Canada–US relations and his trade policy actions have significantly increased trade restrictions and trade policy uncertainty and undermined the rules‐based global trading system. We examine the pattern of agri‐food trade between the two countries and find that the upward trajectory of bilateral agri‐food trade ended in 2013. Although this flatlining predates the Trump administration, we show that Trump increased trade policy uncertainty starting in 2017 and likely impacted further expansion of trade. We examine what might change under the Biden presidency and argue that the new administration is likely to restore strong relationships with allies and work to rebuild important international institutions such as the World Trade Organization (WTO). Although protectionist forces will continue to impact bilateral agri‐food trade, we expect closer political ties between a Biden administration and the Canadian Prime Minister. This should have a positive effect on the Canadian agri‐food industry by reducing trade uncertainties, thereby increasing agri‐food trade between Canada and the United States.     

Assessing Total Factor Productivity Growth in Sub‐Saharan African Agriculture

The importance of the agricultural sector in the economic development process is well known. Improvements in agricultural productivity are often found to spill into other areas of a developing economy, potentially improving the standards of living of urban and rural workers alike. Given the importance of this sector, accurate measures of total factor productivity (TFP) across countries can be helpful in identifying conditions, institutions or policies that promote agricultural development. In this article, we estimate TFP growth in agriculture for a panel of 39 sub‐Saharan African countries from 1961 to 2007. We also develop a set of development outcome measures theoretically consistent with strong agricultural performance to serve as external validation of our results. We find that three estimation methods (stochastic frontier, generalised maximum entropy, and Bayesian efficiency) generate relative rankings that are consistent with the development outcome measures, providing external validation of the methods. However, the data envelopment analysis approach performs poorly in this regard.     

Self‐reported Resilience of European Farms With and Without the CAP

Firms are able to survive only if they adapt appropriately in response to disturbances. The ability of a farm to continue after a disturbance is defined as resilience. To analyse the resilience of EU farms we explore exit and the number of adaptation strategies that farmers follow under two scenarios. The current CAP will be continued in the base scenario, while it will be abolished in scenario 2. The outcomes show that under both scenarios large, more specialised farms with young farm heads are most resilient, and small more diversified farms headed by old farmers are least resilient.     

Drinking water and off‐farm labour supply: between‐gender and within‐gender bias

In this paper, we use the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) panel data to analyse the impact of drinking water on off‐farm labour supply. A two‐stage least squares (2SLS) multivariate Tobit regression model with random effects was applied. We find that impacts of drinking water conditions on off‐farm labour supply may be greater for women than men but depends on the specific family role or family structure. A strong within‐gender effect exists in households. For example, daughters are not sensitive to water access nor water quality, but householder's spouses are sensitive to water access, and daughters‐in‐law are sensitive to water quality. Our findings suggest that infrastructure development in improved access to safe water has contributed positively to reductions in traditional gender biases, evening the playing field between daughters, daughters‐in‐law, mothers and mothers‐in‐law. We also find that water the infrastructure program may actually encourage off‐farm labour mobility, reducing the supply of agricultural labour and the share of household labour on the farm. Thus, a broader approach to water policy should also include public investment in achieving greater labour efficiency and productivity.     

Causes of Changes in Agricultural Employment in Slovenia: Evidence from Micro‐data

This paper analyses labour adjustment in and out of agriculture during transition to a market economy. A multinomial logit model is used to determine the factors that affect these processes. The results show that elderly, less educated and full‐time employees on a farm are more likely to continue with farming. Inflow of labour into agriculture is largely associated with the unemployment and retirement of farm household members. Age, education and investment in human capital are the key factors that improve the quality, mobility and flexibility of labour, which is crucial for efficient labour adjustment at the micro‐level and sector level. Better‐educated individuals are more likely to enter into employment in non‐agricultural, particularly service, activities.     

A thing of the past? Household surveys in a rapidly evolving (agricultural) data landscape: Insights from the LSMS‐ISA

Household surveys, a pivotal component of every country's national statistical system, continue to be criticized and praised in equal manner. While recognizing their limitations, it is clear that certain types of data must continue to be collected through household surveys, preferably in an integrated manner with other data sources. This is particularly true in the agricultural space for which household and farm surveys will be critical both to collect primary data as well as to validate alternative data sources. Recent methodological gains and technological innovations offer a unique opportunity to address many of the shortcomings of agricultural data. In this article, we briefly describe select examples of such methodological and technological changes, drawing from the Living Standards Measurement Study‐Integrated Surveys on Agriculture, a survey program aimed at improving the availability, quality, and relevance of agricultural data in multitopic, multipurpose household surveys.