Extension Farming Systems Journal
• EFS Journal Instructions and Template for Authors
( PDF
File or Word
Document )
• EFS Journal Instructions to Referees
• Payment form for hard-copy subscription
What is the Extension Farming Systems Journal?
Extension Farming Systems Journal is an innovative extension publication of
the AFBM Network. This journal covers extension aspects of farm
business management systems. Extension Farming Systems Journal is for farmers,
farmer groups, corporate agribusiness managers, professional farm
business consultants, extension and development officers, academics,
researchers and postgraduate students who want to help extend the
available knowledge about the efficient and effective operations
of farming systems in Australia. There are two formats for publication:
• Extension Farming Systems Research
Forum
• Extension Farming Systems Industry
Forum
Extension has many definitions but to provide guidance we will
adopt that found on the Australasia Pacific Extension Network
website:
Extension involves the use of communication and adult education
processes to help people and communities identify potential
improvements to their practices, and then provide them with
the skills and resources to effect these improvements.
As such, the publication topics for Extension Farming Systems
journal are:
- 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
- agricultural events and agricultural highlights.
Extension Farming Systems Research Forum
The Research Forum section of the journal - targeted to be mainly
useful to professional extension practitioners - will be reviewed
by the Editorial Board and at least one external referee from the
research and extension professional community.
Extension Farming Systems Industry Forum
The Industry Forum section of the journal - mainly targeted to
professional farmers, agribusiness managers and farm business
consultants - will be reviewed by an industry panel to evaluate
scholarship, readability, relevance to industry and capacity to
induce change. The Industry Fourn section of the Extension Farming
Systems Journal will mainly publish papers on farm business and
farming systems technology highlights with typical extension character,
outstanding farm and agribusiness case-studies and leading farmers
stories.
Who can access the Extension Farming Systems Journal?
EFS Journal is published online free of charge for AFBMNetwork
members and a wider audience. Subscription of printed copied of
the journal can be ordered by contacting efsjournal@listserv.csu.edu.au.
Hard-copy issues have a cost of A$50 per two issues..
Who can publish in Extension Farming Systems Journal?
Extension Farming Systems Journal is for members of the
AFBMNetwork and a wider audience. Anyone intending to publish a
paper in Extension Farming Systems Journal should initially apply
for membership of the AFBMNetwork clicking here for gaining access
to the Membership
Form or
by contacting the Administrative Assistant of the AFBMNetwork
at afbmnetworkexecutive@listserv.csu.edu.au.
The Journal Editor will decide whether to publish a paper after
receiving reports from two other members of the editorial team.
The criteria for assessing suitability will vary according to
the details outlined under the Industry and Research Forum sections
of the Journal.
To submit a paper for publication please send an electronic copy
of your paper, edited as per Instructions to Authors, to the Editor
through the following email address: efsjournal@listserv.csu.edu.au
Editorial Board
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