GENERAL REVIEW

Each article will be reviewed by an expert of the topic discussed in the article. All the topics submitted should relate to agriculture in general and agriculture in particular.

To hold publication  core  values  and  adherence  to  accepted  publication  ethics,  EKONAM employs the double-blinded  peer-review  process for all articles. The purpose is to validate the integrity and novelty of the research work.

 Authors must confirm the following that:

1. Submitted manuscripts must be the original work of the author(s);
2. Only unpublished manuscripts should be submitted;
3. It is unethical to submit a manuscript to more than one journal concurrently;
4. Any conflict of interest must be clearly stated;
5. The sources of data used in the development of the manuscript are acknowledged;
6. All   errors   discovered   in   the   manuscript    after   submission   must   be   swiftly communicated to the Editor.

 Reviewers of the journal are expected to evaluate a manuscript for critical analysis, comparative analysis and most importantly for integrity and novelty of the research work.

 Therefore, reviewers must confirm the following; that:

1. All manuscripts  are reviewed in fairness based on the intellectual content of the article regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, citizenry nor political values of author(s);
2. Any observed conflict of interest during the review process must be communicated to the Editor;
3. All information pertaining to the manuscript is kept confidential;
4. Any information that may be the reason for the rejection of publication of a manuscript
5. must be communicated to the Editor.

 Editors of the journal must confirm the following:

1. All manuscripts  are evaluated in fairness based on the intellectual content of the paper regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, citizenry nor political values of authors;
2. Information pertaining to manuscripts are kept confidential;
3. Any observed conflict of interest pertaining to manuscripts must be disclosed;
4. Editorial Board  takes  responsibility  for  making  publication  decisions for submitted manuscripts  based  on  the  reviewer’s  evaluation  of the  manuscript, policies of the journal editorial board and legal restrain acting against plagiarism, libel and copyright infringement.

 REVIEW PROCESS

Prior to review by the board of editor, each paper is screened by the Member of the Editorial Board to check its suitability for favour of  publication. If it can be considered for publication than the Corresponding Author will receive a notification of peer-review process. All manuscripts are reviewed by an editor and members of the Editorial Board or qualified outside reviewers. This is done within the shortest given time. The journal strives to return reviewers’ comments to authors within 3 weeks. The editorial board re-review manuscripts that are accepted until they are revised.  Papers will be published one to two months after acceptance.

 Upon the completion of the review process, an article will receive an evaluation result as follows:

• Accepted
• Accepted with minor revision
• Accepted with major revision
• Rejected