Caraka Tani: Journal of Sustainable Agriculture publishes original articles, review articles, case studies and short communications in collaboration with the Association of Indonesian Agricultural Journals (Asosiasi Jurnal Pertanian Indonesia - AJPI). This journal had two issues per year before 2025, published in April and October, and since 2025 has four issues per year, published in January, April, July, and October.

Caraka Tani: Journal of Sustainable Agriculture is an international scientific journal focused on sustainable agriculture. Referring to its name Caraka Tani (Caraka : messenger; Tani : farmer, farming, agriculture), Caraka Tani has a mission to convey the messages to the world, especially in the developing countries, for carrying out agriculture practices in a sustainable manner by paying attention to 3 main aspects of sustainability; namely: environmental health, economic profitability, and social and economic equity. These aspects are expected to be applied with regard to resources, uniqueness and specific wisdom of every region. Other aspects are also welcome as long as it can be applied in developing countries. This journal covers research in the following areas: agricultural conservation, agricultural ecology, organic farming, agro biodiversity permaculture covering the economic aspects of sustainable agriculture (agribusiness, social-economic agricultural issues, agricultural development, agroindustry), agricultural diversification, soil and water conservation, soil quality and health, agricultural climate, food science, safety and security, animal welfare, and integrated pest and disease control biologically.

To implement the quality assurance of the journal, the editorial board members were invited from various countries, such as Indonesia, Ghana, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Malaysia, India and Iran. Meanwhile, the authors so far are from many countries such as Indonesia, Ethiopia, Philippines, Belgium, Nigeria, Tanzania, South Africa, Pakistan, South Korea, Tunisia, Ghana, Malaysia, Japan, Bangladesh, Nepal, United Kingdom, India, Australia, Iraq, Taiwan, Thailand, China, Algérie, Morocco, United States, Vietnam and Canada. Peer reviewers who have worked in the editorial process come from 43 countries; Indonesia, Rwanda, Nigeria, Tunisia, Ghana, Uganda, Ethiopia, South Africa, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Islamic Republic of Iran, Romania, Serbia, Italy, Poland, Spain, Belgium, Hungary, Russian Federation, Czech Republic, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, China, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Australia, United States, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Morocco, Cameroon, Malawi, Peru, United Kingdom and Iraq.

According to the decree of the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, and Technology No. 355/DST/D.D1/HM.01.01/2026 dated July 24, 2026, Caraka Tani: Journal of Sustainable Agriculture successfully retains its 1st rank accreditation in Indonesia (SINTA 1) as a scientific journal. This accreditation status is valid for five years, from Vol. 40 No. 3 (July 2025) until Vol. 45 No. 2 (April 2030). The official certificate can be viewed [here].

Caraka Tani: Journal of Sustainable Agriculture has been also accepted and listed in Scopus, Web of Science™, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI) and ranked in SCImago Journal & Country Rank [SJR].

Update April 19, 2024 05:00 AM GMT+7 | Published printed issues P-ISSN on web in 2017 since Vol. 16, No. 1, March 2001 | Activated open journal system since January 2018 | Published online issues E-ISSN since Vol. 33, No. 1, April 2018