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name: Agriculture & Food Security Author Guidelines
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description: Format and check manuscripts for Agriculture & Food Security (BMC) including structure, mandatory declarations, numbered references, and figure specs. Also covers BMC nutrition journals.
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# Agriculture & Food Security Author Guidelines

Format and check manuscripts for Agriculture & Food Security (BMC) including structure, mandatory declarations, numbered references, and figure specs. Also covers BMC nutrition journals.

**Install:** `git clone https://github.com/PangenomeAI/academic-skills-food-nutrition`

## README

# 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}
```