http://journal.naro.go.ug/index.php/ujas/gateway/plugin/AnnouncementFeedGatewayPlugin/atom Uganda Journal of Agricultural Sciences: Announcements 2024-11-21T09:45:15+00:00 Open Journal Systems <p><strong>Uganda Journal of Agricultural Science (UJAS)</strong></p> http://journal.naro.go.ug/index.php/ujas/announcement/view/5 CALL FOR PAPERS 2024-11-21T09:45:15+00:00 Uganda Journal of Agricultural Sciences <p><strong>About the journal</strong></p> <p><strong>ISSN Print 1026-0919</strong></p> <p><strong>ISSN Online 2410-6909</strong></p> <p>The Uganda Journal of Agricultural Sciences (UJAS) is an online open-access scientific journal published semi-annually in March and September, by the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO). The journal is multi-disciplinary in nature and peer-reviewed with a mission to disseminate scientific knowledge and information for sustainable agricultural development. The Journal welcomes articles that meet the general criteria of significance and scientific excellence.</p> <p><strong>UJAS is an open access journal</strong></p> <p>UJAS is fully committed to the Open Access Initiative and provides free access to all articles as soon as they are published. The journal has an online Open Access policy licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License. <a href="https://bit.ly/47VSj5q">https://bit.ly/47VSj5q</a> Hosted by African Journals Online <a href="https://bit.ly/416QJIT">https:<em>//bit.ly/416QJIT</em></a></p> <p><strong>Call for Articles UJAS</strong></p> <p>welcomes the submission of manuscripts that meet the general criteria of domain significance and scientific excellence in various fields of agricultural and environmental sciences. It publishes original work in plant (crop and forestry), animal, fisheries, engineering, environmental, food, and social sciences of relevance to agriculture. The journal also publishes short communications, empirical research, research protocols, reviews, data, case study reports, perspective research reports, and original results warranting publication as full papers. It has a book review and an advertisement section.</p> <p><strong>Original research:</strong> should report a concise, focused account of original research whose conclusions represent a significant contribution to the understanding of a problem. These should describe new and carefully confirmed findings, and experimental procedures should be given in sufficient detail for others to verify the work The material should not have been previously published elsewhere. Usually should not exceed 15 A4 pages, double spaced, and have no more than 30 references. Should include an unreferenced summary i.e. intelligible background, rationale of work, and a well-crafted statement of conclusion.</p> <p><strong>Review articles:</strong> should cover a part of the subject of active current interest. They do not exceed 3 pages and have no more than 20 relevant and authoritative references.</p> <p><strong>Short communications:</strong> Is a peer-reviewed, concise, complete report of a novel finding usually needing one figure or table. Together, do not exceed 2 pages, and have no more than 15 references. May include preliminary results of exceptional interest for which fast publication is essential. Should be presented in the sequence: title, text, methods, references, acknowledgments, tables, figure legends, and figures.</p> <p><strong>Submission of Articles</strong></p> <p>We invite you to submit your manuscript(s) via <a href="https://bit.ly/3Ya9V9t">https:<em>//bit.ly/3Ya9V9t</em></a>. <strong>OR</strong> email at ujas@naro.go.ug. For more inquiries and assistance, please write to the<strong> journal office</strong> at <em>ujas@naro.go.ug</em> or visit the <strong>journal portal </strong> at <a href="http://journal.naro.go.ug/index.php/ujas/index"><em>www.journal.naro.go.ug</em></a></p> <p><strong>Guide to authors</strong> and other details are available via <a href="https://bit.ly/3zSkGFj">https:<em>//bit.ly/3zSkGFj</em></a></p> <p><strong>Note:</strong> You are required to register to submit your manuscript by clicking on the following link <a href="https://bit.ly/3Lxi95b">https:<em>//bit.ly/3Lxi95b</em></a></p> <p><strong>Important dates</strong></p> <p><strong>Submission Timelines:</strong> UJAS, publishes two issues per year and receives manuscripts throughout the year.</p> 2024-11-21T09:45:15+00:00 http://journal.naro.go.ug/index.php/ujas/announcement/view/4 OPEN CALL FOR PAPERS 2024-10-18T05:36:22+00:00 Uganda Journal of Agricultural Sciences <p><strong>About the journal </strong></p> <p><strong>ISSN Print 1026-0919 </strong></p> <p><strong>ISSN Online 2410-6909 </strong></p> <p>The Uganda Journal of Agricultural Sciences (UJAS) is an online open-access scientific journal published semi-annually in March and September, by the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO). The journal is multi-disciplinary in nature and peer-reviewed with a mission to disseminate scientific knowledge and information for sustainable agricultural development. The Journal welcomes articles that meet the general criteria of significance and scientific excellence.</p> <p><strong>UJAS is an open access journal </strong></p> <p>UJAS is fully committed to the Open Access Initiative and provides free access to all articles as soon as they are published. The journal has an online Open Access policy licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License. <a href="https://bit.ly/47VSj5q">https://bit.ly/47VSj5q</a> Hosted by African Journals Online <a href="https://bit.ly/416QJIT">https:<em>//bit.ly/416QJIT</em></a></p> <p><strong>Call for Articles UJAS </strong></p> <p>welcomes the submission of manuscripts that meet the general criteria of domain significance and scientific excellence in various fields of agricultural and environmental sciences. It publishes original work in plant (crop and forestry), animal, fisheries, engineering, environmental, food, and social sciences of relevance to agriculture. The journal also publishes short communications, empirical research, research protocols, reviews, data, case study reports, perspective research reports, and original results warranting publication as full papers. It has a book review and an advertisement section.</p> <p><strong>Original research:</strong> should report a concise, focused account of original research whose conclusions represent a significant contribution to the understanding of a problem. These should describe new and carefully confirmed findings, and experimental procedures should be given in sufficient detail for others to verify the work The material should not have been previously published elsewhere. Usually should not exceed 15 A4 pages, double spaced, and have no more than 30 references. Should include an unreferenced summary i.e. intelligible background, rationale of work, and a well-crafted statement of conclusion.</p> <p><strong>Review articles:</strong> should cover a part of the subject of active current interest. They do not exceed 3 pages and have no more than 20 relevant and authoritative references.</p> <p><strong>Short communications:</strong> Is a peer-reviewed, concise, complete report of a novel finding usually needing one figure or table. Together, do not exceed 2 pages, and have no more than 15 references. May include preliminary results of exceptional interest for which fast publication is essential. Should be presented in the sequence: title, text, methods, references, acknowledgments, tables, figure legends, and figures.</p> <p><strong>Submission of Articles </strong></p> <p>We invite you to submit your manuscript(s) via <a href="https://bit.ly/3Ya9V9t">https:<em>//bit.ly/3Ya9V9t</em></a>. <strong>OR</strong> email at ujas@naro.go.ug. For more inquiries and assistance, please write to the<strong> journal office</strong> at <em>ujas@naro.go.ug</em> or visit the <strong>journal portal </strong> at <a href="http://journal.naro.go.ug/index.php/ujas/index"><em>www.journal.naro.go.ug</em></a></p> <p><strong>Guide to authors</strong> and other details are available via <a href="https://bit.ly/3zSkGFj">https:<em>//bit.ly/3zSkGFj</em></a></p> <p><strong>Note:</strong> You are required to register to submit your manuscript by clicking on the following link <a href="https://bit.ly/3Lxi95b">https:<em>//bit.ly/3Lxi95b </em></a></p> <p><strong>Important dates </strong></p> <p><strong>Submission Timelines:</strong> UJAS, publishes two issues per year and receives manuscripts throughout the year.</p> 2024-10-18T05:36:22+00:00 http://journal.naro.go.ug/index.php/ujas/announcement/view/3 UJAS VOLUME 22 NO.1 (2024), OUT NOW!! 2024-05-20T10:19:06+00:00 Uganda Journal of Agricultural Sciences 2024-05-20T10:19:06+00:00 http://journal.naro.go.ug/index.php/ujas/announcement/view/2 Registration and Submission Guide: A step-by-step guide to UJAS (Registration and Manuscript Submission) 2023-06-02T05:25:47+00:00 Uganda Journal of Agricultural Sciences <p><strong>A step-by-step guide to UJAS (Registration and Manuscript Submission)</strong></p> <p><strong>Registration</strong></p> <ul> <li aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Click </span><strong>Register</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (top right corner)</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fill in your profile (Given name, family name)</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li aria-level="1"><strong>The Login sections</strong></li> </ul> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Provide the email address you would like to use. Please be advised that this email can only be used once as you can’t use the same email to create another UJAS account.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Also note that the <strong>Username</strong> should be one word.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fill in the password you are intending to use.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Check boxes agreeing to the <strong>privacy statement</strong></span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Check the next box if you would like to be notified of <strong>new publications</strong> and <strong>announcements</strong>.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Then click <strong>Register</strong>.</span></li> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">By following the above simple instructions, you will have successfully created your UJAS account. </span></li> </ul> </ul> <p><strong>Logging in </strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Click Login at the top right corner.</span></li> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fill in your <strong>username</strong> and <strong>password</strong></span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Click<strong> login</strong></span></li> </ul> </ul> <p><strong>Submission at UJAS</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Click </span><strong>New Submission</strong></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Check all the submission requirements</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">You may also include some comments for the Editor.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Check for agreeing to the Privacy Statement</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Click </span><strong>save and continue</strong></li> </ul> <p><strong>FILE</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Click Upload file, select the file you would like to upload/submit</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">*</span><strong><em>Please note that this file size should not be bigger than 2MBs</em></strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">After selecting the file click </span><strong>Open</strong></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">After it has loaded, click on </span><strong>Article Text</strong></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Then click </span><strong>save and continue</strong></p> <p><strong>Metadata</strong></p> <ul> <li aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fill in the metadata that is the Title, Abstract, create a </span><strong>list of Contributors</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Co-Authors).</span></li> </ul> <p> This is a <strong>clarification</strong> on when one is filling in the <strong>Abstract</strong>,</p> <p> Go to your manuscript, Highlight your <strong>Abstract</strong> the Copy (<strong>Ctrl + C</strong>) it. After which you will go ahead and just paste (<strong>Ctrl + V</strong>) it in the <strong>Abstract section</strong> on the UJAS portal.</p> <p><em> <strong> Please note that in the Abstract section you are not required to upload any files whatsoever.</strong> </em></p> <ul> <li aria-level="2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How do you do this?</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li aria-level="3"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Click </span><strong>Add Contributor</strong></li> </ul> <ul> <li aria-level="3"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fill in their names</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li aria-level="3"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fill in their email address</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li aria-level="3"><strong>Country</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> they are from</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li aria-level="3"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Their </span><strong>ORCHID iD</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> if they have one but in case they don’t, they should go ahead and Click here </span><a href="https://orcid.org/register">Register</a></li> </ul> <ul> <li aria-level="3"><strong>Affiliation</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">, that is the </span><strong><em>Organization</em></strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Institution, Company they are currently working with.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li aria-level="3"><span style="font-weight: 400;">You can fill in their </span><strong>Bio statement</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> as well</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li aria-level="3"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Select their role which can either be an </span><strong>Author </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">or a </span><strong>Translator.</strong></li> </ul> <ul> <li aria-level="3"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Check to include this contributor in the browse list</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li aria-level="3"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Then </span><strong>Save</strong></li> </ul> <ul> <li aria-level="3"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Do this for all your </span><strong>Co-Authors</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></li> </ul> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Keywords</strong></p> <ul> <li aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Enter one keyword at a time and after press </span><strong>Enter</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on your keyboard, do this for all the keywords until you exhaust them.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Click </span><strong>Save and continue</strong></li> </ul> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Confirmation</strong></p> <ul> <li aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Click </span><strong>Finish Submission</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></li> </ul> <p><strong><em>Congratulations</em></strong><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, you will have finished submitting your paper for review.</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Click </span><strong>back to Submission.</strong></p> 2023-06-02T05:25:47+00:00 http://journal.naro.go.ug/index.php/ujas/announcement/view/1 CALL FOR PAPERS 2023-03-22T10:50:56+00:00 Uganda Journal of Agricultural Sciences <blockquote> <p>This to encourage all researchers especially those that attended the NARO-MAK joint conference 2023 to submit their papers for publication through this prestigeous platform. </p> </blockquote> <p><em><strong>PLEASE NOTE THAT </strong></em></p> <p>If this is your first time visiting this portal, you're required to first register before you can make any submissions. Click <a title="Register" href="http://journal.naro.go.ug/index.php/ujas/user/register" target="_blank" rel="noopener">REGISTER</a> and follow instructions.</p> 2023-03-22T10:50:56+00:00