Authors’ Guideline for 5th African Organic Conference (AOC) Manuscript Submission

Scope: 

Contributions may be on Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Extension, Agroforestry, Agroecology, Animal science, Crop/Environmental protection, Crop science/Horticulture, Environmental Sciences, Fishery/Aquaculture, Nutrition, Pharmacy, Soil science, Veterinary Medicine, Wildlife Management and other relevant fields. Manuscripts can be submitted in both English Language and French.

Preparation of manuscripts 

•          Articles could be written in either English or French with moderate technical terminologies to facilitate wide readership. 

•          All manuscripts should be typed, Times New Roman (12), 1.5 spacing on A4 size (210 x 297mm) paper. 

•          The length of the manuscript should in general not exceed 10 pages (tables, figures and other illustrations inclusive). 

•          Leave ample margins, 2.54 cm to the left and 2.54 cm to the top and bottom of the page.

•          The cover page should contain (a) Title of the article (b) Author(s) name and affiliation(s) followed by correspondence email address and phone number (c) Abstract of not more than 250 words with relevant keywords (maximum of 5).

•          The manuscript should be organized as follows: Title, Abstract, Introduction, Aims/Objectives, Materials and Methods (or Methodology), Results, Discussion (or Results and Discussion), Conclusion and Recommendations and References. 

•          The main headings should be centered and typed in sentence case letters while tertiary headings should be to the left of the page. 

•          Use only the international system of Unit (SI) and ensure that units are quantitative measurements, e.g. 3kg; when they are preceded by a capitalized noun, e.g. Table 8. 

•          Tables and figures should be numbered in Arabic numerals, cited in the text, sources indicated if not original (i.e. not made by the author). 

•          Each table and figure should have an explanatory legend, which should be typed at the bottom of the page. 

•          Reference citation in the text should follow the name, years system; all references cited must be listed in alphabetical order of the sole/senior/first author’s names; each reference should be systematic and should comply with APA Style i.e. surname of the author(s) and initials; year of publication (in parenthesis), title of paper, name of Journal/source of paper (italicized), volume number, number of issue (if applicable) in Arabic numerals on the first and the last pages of the references, e.g. Lawale A.A. (1991). “A Descriptive Analysis of Agriculture Cooperative Model in Rural Development”. Journal of Rural Development and Administration. 23 (3):1-8. 

For the citation of books, the author’s name comes first followed by year of publication in bracket, title of book (underlined), edition and volume number (if any) page or pages, city of publication and publishers e.g.

Fredrick, G. B. (1970). Principles of Educational and Psychological Testing. 468 pp. Illinois: The Dryden Press Inc. 

For a chapter in a book, e.g. Pickering, D. C. (1978) “An overview of agricultural extension and its linkages with agricultural research”. The World Bank experience. In: Agricultural Extension Worldwide: Issues, Practices and Emerging Priorities (eds.) Rivera, W. M. and Schram, W. G.) 320 pp. New York: Crom Helm.