agri-food-security

# Agriculture & Food Security (BMC) — Author Guideline Skill **Publisher:** BioMed Central / Springer Nature · **Source:** [Submission guidelines](https://agricultureandfoodsecurity.biomedcentral.com/submission-guidelines) · **Verified:** 2026-07 (confirm at source). Gold open access. ## Aims & scope Research on agriculture and food security: crop and livestock production, food systems, nutrition security, policy, sustainability, and the links between agriculture, environment, and food access. Interdisciplinary, development-relevant work welcome. ## Article types Research; Review; Methodology; Short report; Debate; Commentary; Case study. ## Manuscript structure (BMC) Title page → Abstract → Keywords → Background → Methods → Results → Discussion → Conclusions → **Declarations** → References → Figure legends → Tables. - **Abstract:** may be structured (Background, Methods, Results, Conclusions) or unstructured, ≤350 words. - **Keywords:** 3–10. - **Declarations (mandatory BMC block):** Ethics approval and consent to participate; Consent for publication; Availability of data and materials; Competing interests; Funding; Authors' contributions; Acknowledgements. State "Not applicable" where relevant — **the section is required**. ## Reference style **Numbered (Vancouver), BMC style.** In-text bracketed numbers `[1]`; numbered list with article titles and DOIs. Example: > 1. Author AB, Author CD. Title of the article. Agric Food Secur. 2023;12:34. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40066-023-xxxxx ## Figures & tables Figures as separate files ≥300 dpi (line art higher); PDF/EPS/PNG/TIFF; RGB online; each figure/table cited and numbered; editable tables. BMC has no strict length limit but concise is preferred. ## Submission checklist - [ ] Abstract ≤350 words · [ ] 3–10 keywords · [ ] Numbered (Vancouver) references with DOIs - [ ] Full BMC Declarations block completed (ethics, consent, data availability, competing interests, funding, contributions) - [ ] Figures as separate files ≥300 dpi · [ ] Cover letter ## Also covers — BMC nutrition journals Same BMC template (numbered Vancouver; mandatory Declarations block). Clinical titles add trial registration and reporting guidelines. | Journal | Abbrev | Scope | |---|---|---| | International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity | INT J BEHAV NUTR PHY | Behavioral nutrition | | Lipids in Health and Disease | LIPIDS HEALTH DIS | Lipid/clinical | | Journal of Eating Disorders | J EAT DISORD | Clinical | | Nutrition Journal | NUTR J | Nutrition research | | Nutrition & Metabolism | NUTR METAB | Research | | BMC Nutrition | BMC NUTR | Research | | Genes and Nutrition | GENES NUTR | Nutrigenomics | ## Formatting constraints ```yaml journal: Agriculture & Food Security (+ BMC nutrition journals) publisher: BMC / Springer Nature reference_style: numbered-vancouver abstract_words: 350 keywords: {min: 3, max: 10} declarations_block: required # ethics, consent, data availability, competing interests, funding, contributions open_access: gold figure_dpi: {halftone: 300, line_art: 1000} ```