Editor in Chief
Prof. Rohana P Mahaliyanaarachchi
Department of Agri Business Management,
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences,
Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka,
Belihuloya 70140,
Sri Lanka
Email: rohanap@agri.sab.ac.lk
Co- Editor in Chief (International)
Prof. Mirza Barjees Baig
Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Society
College of Food and Agricultural Sciences
King Saud University,
P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Email: mbbaig@ksu.edu.sa, drbaig2@yahoo.ca
Coordinating Editor
Prof. Ruvini K. Muthukumarana,
Coordinating Editor
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences,
Sabaragamuwa University of sri Lanka
E mail : mutucumaranar@yahoo.com, ruvinim@agri.sab.ac.lk
Deputy Coordinating Editors
Dr R M A S Bandara
Deputy Coordinating Editor
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences,
Sabaragamuwa University of sri Lanka
E mail : rmamilabandara@gmail.com
Dr G D Kapila Kumara
Deputy Coordinating Editor
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences,
Sabaragamuwa University of sri Lanka
E mail : gdonkk@yahoo.com
Assistant Coordinating Editor
Ms. Maheshika Ratnayake
Assistant Coordinating Editor
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences,
Sabaragamuwa University of sri Lanka
E mail : kkhmr222rathnayake@gmail.com
Editorial Committee
Prof. Buddhi Marambe
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Department of Crop Science,
Faculty of Agriculture,
Old Galaha Road,
University of Peradeniya,
Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Email: bmarambe@pdn.ac.lk, bmarambe@yahoo.com
Prof. WADP Wanigasundara
Department of Agricultural Extension
Faculty of Agriculture,
Old Galaha Road,
University of Peradeniya,
Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Email: wanigasundera@gmail.com
Prof. MJS Wijeratne
Department Zoology,
Faculty of Science,
University of Kelaniya,
Dalugama, Kelaniya,
Sri Lanka
Email: zoomjs@kln.ac.lk
Prof. KKDS Ranaweera
Department Food Technology,
Faculty of Applied Science,
University of Sri Jayawardenapura,
Gangaodawila, Nugegoda,
Sri Lanka
Email: kkdsran@yahoo.com
Prof Chandrika Dissanayake
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences,
Sabaragamuwa University of sri Lanka
E Mail : chandrikadis@gmail.com
Prof. Chalinda Beneragama
Faculty of Agriculture,
University of Peradeniya
E Mail : chalindab@gmail.com
Prof. Gary S. Straquadine
Office of the Vice Provost | Vice Chancellor for Academic Programs,
Utah State University,
451 East 400 North Price,
UT 84501, USA
Email: gary.straquadine@usu.edu
Professor Deirdre Lemerle
Charles Sturt University,
Wagga Wagga
Australia
Email: dlemerle@csu.edu.au
Prof. Dr. Ir. Sandra Arifin Aziz
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture,
Faculty of Agriculture,
Bogor Agricultural University (IPB) – Darmaga Campus,
Bogor 16680,
Indonesia
Email: sandra.a.aziz@gmail.com
Dr. Md. Giush Uddin Ahmed
Department of Agronomy and Agricultural Extension,
University of Rajshihi,
Bangladesh
Email: ahmedmgu@hotmail.com
Prof Ekatarina Arabska
Vice-Dean, University of Agribusiness and Rural Development,
78, Dunav Blvd.
Plovdiv 4003,
Bulgaria
Email: katya.arabska@gmail.com
Prof. Dr. Md. Solaiman Ali Fakir
Bangladesh Agricultural University,
Mymensingh,
Bangladesh
Email: fakirmsa@gmail.com
Prof. Durga Prasad
Institute of Rural Management Anand,
Near NDDB, Agricultural University Road,
Anand, Gujarat 388001,
India
Email: dprasad@irma.ac.in
Prof. Masayoshi Shigyo
Dept. of Biological & Environmental Sciences
Faculty of Agriculture
Yamaguchi University,
Yoshida 1677-1 Yamaguchi, 753-8515,
Japan
Email: shigyo@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
Prof. Naoki Yamauchi
Dept. of Biological & Environmental Sciences
Faculty of Agriculture
Yamaguchi University,
Yoshida 1677-1 Yamaguchi, 753-8515,
Japan
Email: yamauchi@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
Prof. Mirza Barjees Baig
Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Society
College of Food and Agricultural Sciences
King Saud University,
P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Email: mbbaig@ksu.edu.sa, drbaig2@yahoo.ca
Prof Mahinda Wijeratne
Department of Agricultural Economics,
Faculty of Agriculture,
University of Ruhuna.
Kamburupitiya,
Sri Lanka
Email: mahindaw@agecon.ruh.ac.lk
Prof Colin N Peiris
NSBM Green University
309 Dampe - Pitipana Rd,
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Email: colinpeiris@yahoo.co.uk
Prof U.K. Jayasinghe Mudalige
Department of Agri Business Management,
Faculty of Agricultral Sciences,
Wayamba University of Sri Lanka,
Makandura NWP.
Sri Lanka
Email: udith@hotmail.com
Prof. Khan Bahadar Marwat
Meritorious Professor,
Agricultural University
Peshawar - 25130,
Pakistan
Email: kbmarwat@yahoo.com
Prof A.A.Y. Amarasinghe
Department of Export Agriculture,
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences,
Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka,
Belihuloya 70140,
Sri Lanka
Email: rathna.agric.2@gmail.com
Prof. Lal Vidana Arachchi
Department of Export Agriculture,
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences,
Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka,
Belihuloya 70140,
Sri Lanka
Email: lal_pva@yahoo.com
Prof. M. Esham
Department of Agri Business Management,
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences,
Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka,
Belihuloya 70140,
Sri Lanka
Email: esham@agri.sab.ac.lk, mesham20021@yahoo.com
Prof. Anil Gunarathne
Department of Livestock Production,
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences,
Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka,
Belihuloya 70140,
Sri Lanka
Email: gunaratne1050@yahoo.com
Prof. Mumtaz A.Cheema
Memorial University of Newfoundland,
Canada Grenfell Campus Memorial University,
Corner Brook, NL.
Canada, A2H 5G4
Email: cheemamumtaz@gmail.com, mcheema@grenfell.mun.ca
Prof. Riaz Ahmad
Department of Agronomy
University of Agriculture
Faisalabad,
Pakistan
Email: riazahmaduaf@hotmail.com
Prof. Hao Gefei
Key laboratory of pesticide and chemical biology,
Ministry of Education,
Central China Normal University,
Wuhan City, Hubei Province,
PR China
Email: gfhao@mail.ccnu.edu.cn
Dr. Michael R. Reed
Professor, Agricultural Economics
Director, International Programs for Agriculture
308 Charles E. Barnhart Bldg.
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40546-0276,
U.S.A
Phone: 859-257-7259
Fax: 859-257-7290
E-mail: Michael.Reed@uky.edu
Dr. A.K. Srivastava
Principal Scientist (Soil Science),
National Research Center for Citrus A
Nagpur, Maharashtra,
India
Email: aksrivas2007@gmail.com
Prof. Dr. Joel L. Cuello, Ph.D.
Director,
Global Initiative for Strategic Agriculture in Drylands (GISAD)
Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
507 Shantz Building
The University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721
U.S.A.
Phon: (520) 621-7757;
Fax: (520) 621-3963;
Email: cuelloj@email.arizona.edu
Prof. Dr. Omoanghe S. Isikhuemhen
Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Design,
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State
University, Greensboro, NC 27411,
U.S.A
Email: omon@ncat.edu
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Mukhtar
Faculty of Industrial Sciences and Technology
Universiti Malaysia PAHANG
Lebuhraya Tun Razak
26300 Gambang
Kuantan, Pahang Darul Makmur,
Malaysia
Email: mukhtar.muhammad@gmail.com
Prof. Dr. Juan M. Pulhin
Department of Social Forestry and Forest governance
College of Forestry and Natural Resources
University of the Philippines,
Los Baños College, Laguna 4031
Philippines
Tel: +63-49-536-3493
Email: jmpulhin@up.edu.ph
Prof. Dr. Asaf Hajiyev
Secretary General of Parliamentary Assembly of Black
Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC)
Academician at Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
Azerbaijan
Phone (+ 90212) 2276070
Email: asaf.hajiyev@gmail.com
Prof. Viliana Vasileva
Professor, Institute of Forage Crops
Pleven
Bulgaria
Email: viliana.vasileva@gmail.com
Dr. Abd El-Aleem Saad Soliman Desoky
Professor Assistant of Agricultural Zoology
Plant Protection Department
Faculty of Agriculture
Sohag University
Egypt.
E-mail:- abdelalem2011@gmail.com , abdelalem2011@agr.sohag.edu.eg
Copy Editor
Mr Harsha Udayakantha Peiris
150 B, Wariyapola Sumangala Mawatha,
Kandy
Sri Lanka
Email: agriculturalmedia2017@gmail.com
Editorial Assistant
Prasad C Iddamalgoda