AFBM Journal - ISSN 1449 - 7875
Farm Business and Farming Systems Management
What is AFBM Journal?
AFBM Journal is a publication of the AFBMNetwork.
It offers a publication venue for scientists working in the professional
areas of farm business management and the related areas of agricultural
technology and farming systems. AFBM Journal is published
online free of charge for AFBMNetwork members. Hard-copy issues
have a cost of A$100 per four issues.
AFBM Journal will operate with an original
integrative multidisciplinary organisation, covering most of the
areas of interest to farm business, farming systems and agricultural
technology management professionals:
- livestock and cropping systems
- farming applied ecology and environmental management systems
- farm economics and financial issues of farming
- global perspectives of farming
- management and decision making on farming
- human and/or social issues of farmers and farming communities
- sustainable farming systems.
Leading researchers will act as scientific editors
and co-ordinators of each of these areas of interest and will schedule
the publication of specialised Journal issues from each
group during the year. Each scientific editor is supported by a
panel of referees selected from leading professionals in the different
disciplinary areas of the Journal.
The organisations supporting AFBM Journal are
Charles Sturt University, School of Rural Management; Curtin University
of Technology, Muresk institute; The University of Melbourne, Institute
of Land and Food Resources; Massey University, College of Sciences;
and Marcus Oldham College.
What is the Character of AFBM Journal?
AFBM Journal is a refereed publication of the
AFBMNetwork and registered in the Register of Refereed Journals
of the Commonwealth Department of Education Science and Training
(DEST), Higher Education Research Data Collection (HERDC)
AFBM Journal has a panel of Scientific
Editors co-ordinated by an administrative and scientific
Executive Editor. Each editor co-ordinates a selected
panel of Referees. There is a selected group of
Assistant Editors.
AFBM Journal is published at intervals
during the year. Each Scientific Editor is expected to publish at
least one edition of the Journal from his/her specific professional
group.
Who Can Publish in AFBM Journal?
AFBM Journal is for members of the AFBMNetwork
and a wider scientific audience. Anyone intending to publish a
paper in AFBM Journal should initially apply for membership of
the AFBMNetwork clicking here for gaining access to the Membership
Form or by emailing afbmnetworkexecutive@listserv.csu.edu.au.
The decision to publish a paper rests in the hands
of at least two (2) referees and one Journal Editor.
To submit a paper for publication please send
an electronic copy of your paper, edited as per Instructions
to Authors, to the Executive Editor through the following email address: afbmjournal@listserv.csu.edu.au
Who Can Access AFBM Journal?
AFBM Journal is a free-access journal for members of the AFBMNetwork
and a wider scientific audience. Printed copies of the journal
are available free of charge for teaching and research organisations
contacting the Executive Editor (afbmjournal@listserv.csu.edu.au)
. Private persons may obtain a paid subscription for the printed
issues of the journal at A$100 for four issues contacting the Executive
Editor.
Editorial Board
Chief Editor: Professor Kevin A Parton, PhD.
Email: kparton@csu.edu.au
Executive Editor: A.A. (Al) Charry, PhD
Email: acharry@csu.edu.au
Text Editor: Karilyn Gilchrist
Email: kgilchrit@csu.edu.au
Scientific Editors
Animal Science & Technology: Sue
Hatcher, PhD
Email: sue.hatcher@agric.nsw.gov.au
Ecological Agriculture: Geoff Gurr,
PhD, Assoc. Professor
Email: ggurr@csu.edu.au
Farm Economics: Bill Malcolm,
PhD, Assoc, Professor
Email: b.malcolm@unimelb.edu.au
Global Perspectives: Zhangyue Zhou,
PhD
Management and Decision Making: Roy Murray-Prior,
PhD
Email: r.murray-prior@curtin.edu.au
Plant Production & Technology: Basil
Baldwin, M.Agr.Sc.
Email: bbaldwin@csu.edu.au
Social Issues of Farming: Judith Crockett,
PhD
Email: jcrockett@csu.edu.au
Sustainable Farming Systems: David R.
Kemp, PhD, Prof.
Email: dkemp@csu.edu.au
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