Editor in Chief
Prof H.S.R. Rosairo
Professor in Agribusiness Management
Department of Agribusiness Management
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences
Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka
Belihuloya, Sri Lanka
E-mail: agriscan@agri.sab.ac.lk; rosairo@agri.sab.ac.lk
Dr. S.T.C. Amarasinghe
Senior Lecturer – Grade I
Department of Agribusiness Management
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences
Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka
Belihuloya, Sri Lanka
E-mail: tamara@agri.sab.ac.lk
Prof G.D.K. Kumara
Professor in Export Agriculture
Department of Export Agriculture
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences
Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka
Belihuloya, Sri Lanka
E-mail: ganege@agri.sab.ac.lk
Prof D.M.A. Gunaratne
Professor in Food Science and Technology
Department of Livestock Production
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences
Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka
Belihuloya, Sri Lanka
E-mail: anil@agri.sab.ac.lk
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
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
Editorial Assistant
Ms Lakshi Dayaratne
The Journal of Agricultural Sciences – Sri Lanka
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences
Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka
Belihuloya, Sri Lanka
E-mail: lak@agri.sab.ac.lk
Copy Editor
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150 B, Wariyapola Sumangala Mawatha
Kandy
Sri Lanka
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Thalahena, Sri Lanka
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