GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS

Papers and short notes on original research and reviews of research, written in English, in the field of agriculture and allied subjects are accepted for publication. The contributors must provide authorship letter, signed by all authors stating that they fully agree with its contents and bear all responsibility for the data reported therein, and these data are not being published or simultaneously considered for publication elsewhere.

Manuscript: Manuscripts should be within 5000 words excluding tables, figures and references. Should be typewritten in English on one side of good quality paper, double spaced with wide margins, and submitted in triplicate.

Write up on computer diskette (mention the software used and file name) is greatly appreciated. The editor reserves the privilege of editing manuscript to make them conform to the adopted style of the Journal or returning them to the authors for revision. Authors must consult the citation order given at the end of this guidelines.

Title of the Article: The title of the article should be short and specific. The botanical or zoological name(s) should be included in the title along with the abbreviated name(s) of authority (ies) e.g. Oryza sativa L.

Author's Identification: To protect their anonymity in the review process, the authors should avoid writing their name(s) and acknowledgments in the manuscript. Instead a separate page containing the title of the paper, the name and address of the author(s) and the postal address and e-mail for correspondence should be attached with each copy of the manuscript in front.

Abstract: The abstract should be informative and concisely state the scope of work, methodology in original and principal findings, preferably in less than 200 words.

Key words: Key words should be given at the end of the abstract to facilitate computer search.

Introduction: It should include pertinent review of literature and justification of the work.

Materials and Methods: It must include year and place of study, basic information on materials and methodology and details of any new method, if adopted.

Results and Discussion: It is a combined heading with the results obtained, discussed in the light of recent relevant literature and giving conclusion of study in the end.

Tables and Illustrations: The units should be in metric system. The tables and illustrations in size adjustable in one or two columns of the Journal along with captions should be placed at the end of the text, but their place in the text should be indicated. Numerical results should be presented in the form of either tables or diagrams, but not both. Mean values should be accompanied by standard errors (Mean + SE). Fertilizer doses should be given with the first letter of the chemical formulas with their amount preceding the letter and expressed in hectare (e.g. 80N:60P:40K kg/hectare).

Diagrams should be drawn with Chinese black ink on good quality white paper about twice the size of finished block. Photographs should be black and white with adequate contrast, and printed on white, glossy paper about twice the size of the finished block.

Scientific Names: Scientific names of organisms (binomial nomenclature) should be typed in italics.

References: SAARC Journal of Agriculture (SJA) follows the American Psychological Association Style (APA Style © ) (5th Ed.) for giving references. References should be listed at the end of the article. Examples of common types of references in APA Style © (5 th Ed.) are given below:

References to an entire book

Rogers, E.M. (1983). Diffusion of innovations. New York : The Free Press.

Book, second edition

Eaton, J., Smithers, J., & Curran, S. (1988). This is IT: A manager's guide to information technology (2 nd ed.). Oxford : Philip Allan.

Book, corporate author, author as publisher

Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Planning, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. (2001). Statistical yearbook of Bangladesh 1994. Dhaka : Author.

Article or chapter in an edited book

Buttle, F.H., & Swanson, E. (1986). Soil and water conservation: A farm structural and public policy context. In S.B. Lovejoy & T.L. Napier (Eds.), Conserving soil: Insights from socioeconomic research ( pp.26-39). Ankeny, Lowa : Soil Conservation Society of America.

Journal articles

Kaul, G. L. (1997). Horticulture in India- production marketing and processing. Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics , 52 (3), 361-573.

Kainth, G. S., & Mehra, P. L. (1988). Seasonality pattern of market arrival and prices of potato in Punjab. Indian Journal of Agricultural Marketing , 2 (1), 113-120.

Talathi, J. M. et al. (1995). Temporal changes in arrivals and prices of vegetables in Bombay APMC. The Bihar Journal of Agricultural Marketing , 3 (3), 225-263.

Unpublished paper presented at a meeting/seminar

Matin, M.A. (1991, March). Improved water distribution system developed by the ROA for small scale irrigation project . Paper presented at the seminar on Irrigation Issues in Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Published proceedings

Banik, M. (2001). Cold injury problems in boro rice . Proceedings of the workshop on modern rice cultivation in Bangladesh (pp 37-43). Gazipur : Bangladesh Rice Research Institute.

Website

Venugopal, D. (2000). Nilgiri tea in crisis: Causes consequences and possible solutions . Retrieved October 11, 2000 from http://www.badaga.org .

Citation in the text

The APA citation format requires parenthetical citation within the text rather than endnotes or footnotes. Examples of common citation in the text: (Bojo, 1996), (Singh & Morris, 1997), (Aultan et al., 1997,p.56), (Bradley et.al,1980; Cleland &Tanaka,1982).

How to send

Please send three hard copies of your contribution along with soft copy in a floppy or CD with author's declaration . Your contributions should be addressed to the Managing Editor, SAARC Journal of Agriculture (SJA), Farmgate, BARC Complex, Dhaka - 1215, Bangladesh.