Copyright and Licensing

Copyright Ownership

Authors publishing in the Ife Journal of Agriculture (IJA) retain the copyright to their work. By submitting and publishing in the journal, authors grant the journal a non-exclusive license to publish, reproduce, distribute, archive, and preserve the work in print and electronic formats.

Licensing

Articles published in the Ife Journal of Agriculture are made available under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), unless otherwise stated.

Under this license, users are free to:

  • Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format;

  • Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose.

Provided that:

  • Appropriate credit is given to the original author(s);

  • A link to the license is provided;

  • Changes made are clearly indicated.

Author Rights

Authors retain the right to:

  • Deposit published articles in institutional repositories;

  • Share articles on personal and institutional websites;

  • Use published content for teaching and research purposes;

  • Include published work in future books, theses, and other scholarly publications.

Third-Party Materials

Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyrighted materials included in their manuscripts and must provide appropriate acknowledgements where required.

The Ife Journal of Agriculture encourages the widest possible dissemination of scholarly research while ensuring proper attribution and protection of intellectual contributions.