$npx -y skills add PangenomeAI/academic-skills-food-nutrition --skill agri-food-securityAuthor-guideline skill for Agriculture & Food Security (BMC / Springer Nature, open access). Use to format or check a manuscript for this BMC journal — structure, mandatory BMC declarations, numbered references, and figure specs. Triggers: submit to Agriculture & Food Security, B
| 1 | # Agriculture & Food Security (BMC) — Author Guideline Skill |
| 2 | |
| 3 | **Publisher:** BioMed Central / Springer Nature · **Source:** [Submission guidelines](https://agricultureandfoodsecurity.biomedcentral.com/submission-guidelines) · **Verified:** 2026-07 (confirm at source). Gold open access. |
| 4 | |
| 5 | ## Aims & scope |
| 6 | 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. |
| 7 | |
| 8 | ## Article types |
| 9 | Research; Review; Methodology; Short report; Debate; Commentary; Case study. |
| 10 | |
| 11 | ## Manuscript structure (BMC) |
| 12 | Title page → Abstract → Keywords → Background → Methods → Results → Discussion → Conclusions → **Declarations** → References → Figure legends → Tables. |
| 13 | |
| 14 | - **Abstract:** may be structured (Background, Methods, Results, Conclusions) or unstructured, ≤350 words. |
| 15 | - **Keywords:** 3–10. |
| 16 | - **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**. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | ## Reference style |
| 19 | **Numbered (Vancouver), BMC style.** In-text bracketed numbers `[1]`; numbered list with article titles and DOIs. |
| 20 | |
| 21 | Example: |
| 22 | > 1. Author AB, Author CD. Title of the article. Agric Food Secur. 2023;12:34. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40066-023-xxxxx |
| 23 | |
| 24 | ## Figures & tables |
| 25 | 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. |
| 26 | |
| 27 | ## Submission checklist |
| 28 | - [ ] Abstract ≤350 words · [ ] 3–10 keywords · [ ] Numbered (Vancouver) references with DOIs |
| 29 | - [ ] Full BMC Declarations block completed (ethics, consent, data availability, competing interests, funding, contributions) |
| 30 | - [ ] Figures as separate files ≥300 dpi · [ ] Cover letter |
| 31 | |
| 32 | ## Also covers — BMC nutrition journals |
| 33 | Same BMC template (numbered Vancouver; mandatory Declarations block). Clinical |
| 34 | titles add trial registration and reporting guidelines. |
| 35 | |
| 36 | | Journal | Abbrev | Scope | |
| 37 | |---|---|---| |
| 38 | | International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity | INT J BEHAV NUTR PHY | Behavioral nutrition | |
| 39 | | Lipids in Health and Disease | LIPIDS HEALTH DIS | Lipid/clinical | |
| 40 | | Journal of Eating Disorders | J EAT DISORD | Clinical | |
| 41 | | Nutrition Journal | NUTR J | Nutrition research | |
| 42 | | Nutrition & Metabolism | NUTR METAB | Research | |
| 43 | | BMC Nutrition | BMC NUTR | Research | |
| 44 | | Genes and Nutrition | GENES NUTR | Nutrigenomics | |
| 45 | |
| 46 | ## Formatting constraints |
| 47 | ```yaml |
| 48 | journal: Agriculture & Food Security (+ BMC nutrition journals) |
| 49 | publisher: BMC / Springer Nature |
| 50 | reference_style: numbered-vancouver |
| 51 | abstract_words: 350 |
| 52 | keywords: {min: 3, max: 10} |
| 53 | declarations_block: required # ethics, consent, data availability, competing interests, funding, contributions |
| 54 | open_access: gold |
| 55 | figure_dpi: {halftone: 300, line_art: 1000} |
| 56 | ``` |