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/s4...