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WELCOME TO AGRICO 2018

The International Institute of Knowledge Management, Sri Lanka together with international collaborations take great pleasure in welcoming you to the 5^th International Conference on Agriculture 2018 (AGRICO 2018 ) which is scheduled to be held from 16^th – 17^th August 2018 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The conference will be commenced under the theme “Innovations in Agriculture for a Sustainable Future”. The conference will be a massive international gathering which will create a solid platform to identify key challenges and solutions in the field of agriculture while strengthening the innovations.

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Welcome message by Conference Chair

Dr. Samih Abubaker

CALL FOR PAPERS

The 5^th International Conference on Agriculture 2018 (AGRICO 2018) takes the privilege to invite researchers, agriculturists, policy makers, young Individuals, horticulturalists, agricultural engineers, industry experts, stakeholders, agronomists and all other enthusiastic participants to gain international experience within research and industry sphere. The theme of the conference is “Innovations in Agriculture for a Sustainable Future”.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS & CHAIRS

Dr. John Fulton

(Keynote Speaker)

The Ohio State University
United States

Prof. Udith K. Jayasinghe

( Keynote Speaker )

Wayamba University
Sri Lanka.

Dr. Samih Abubaker

( Conference Co – Chair )

Al-Balqa` Applied University
Jordan

Prof. D.C. Abeysinghe

( Conference Co – Chair )

Wayamba University
Sri Lanka

PLENARY SPEAKERS

Session: Export Agriculture

Dr. W. M. G. Seneviratna

Director of Rubber Research Institute
Sri Lanka.

Session – Organic Agriculture

Prof. Ananda Jayakody

University of Peradeniya
Sri Lanka.

Session – Agriculture and Climate Change

Mr. Rizvi Zaheed

Managing Director
Hayleys Agriculture Holdings Limited

ADVISORY BOARD

AGRICO 2018 is consist with the following advisory board members, a group of international researches and scientists, who is being with AGRICO since 2014 to develop the concept for sustainable agriculture

Prof. M. S. Swaminathan

The Father of Economic Ecology
most influential agriculturalist in 20th century
India

Dr. Samih Abubaker
(Conference Chair)

Former Dean, Faculty of Agricultural Technology,
Al-Balqa` Applied University,
Jordan

Dr. Romeo C. Clemente

Cagayan State University, Andrews Campus,
Tuguegarao City, Cagayan
Philippines

SUBMIT

ABSTRACT

On or before 24^th May 2018

REGISTER

NOW

On or before 19^th July 2018

Greatest forums to listen

From the finest speakers

100+

presentations

Publication opportunities

with reputed journals

Opportunities to network

engage with Sri Lankan culture and Have fun

Enjoy

a varied programme

Keynote forum

with finest speakers

Varied technical sessions

with international experts

Publication

workshop

Theme based

sessions

Networking Dinner

with cultural show

PUBLICATIONS

All accepted abstracts for 5th International Conference on Agriculture 2018 will be published in the conference abstract book with an associated ISBN (978-955-3605-07-8). All full papers will be reviewed through double blind reviewing process and published electronically with an ISSN( 2362-1036)in the proceeding with a DOI number (DOI prefix: 10.17501)

The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension

Print ISSN : 1389-224X
Online ISSN : 1750-8622
Editor in Chief/s : Prof. Dr. Martin Mulder
Indexed in : SCOPUS, CABI

International Journal of Environment

Online ISSN : ISSN 2091-2854
Editor in Chief : Govinda Bhandari
Managing Editor : Ambika Pandey
Publisher : Progressive Sustainable Developers Nepal (PSD-Nepal)

PARTNERS

Hosting partner
Al-Balqa’ Applied University,Jordan

Hosting partner
Faculty of Agriculture, Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia

Hosting partner
Wayamba University of Sri Lanka

Supporting Ministry

Ministry of Agriculture,Sri lanka

Academic Partner
Georgian Technical University, Georgia

Academic Partner
University of Muhammadiyah Malang, Indonesia

Academic Partner
Progressive Sustainable Developers -Nepal

Academic Partner
Universitas Sumatera Utara, Indonesia

Academic Partner
Chonbuk National University, South Korea

Academic Partner
Southern Leyte State University, Philippines

Organized by

The International Institute of
Knowledge Management

Official Airline Partner
SriLankan Airlines

Media Partner
EIN Presswire

Event Partner

BlueArc events

Tour & Accommodation Partner

GlobeEnjoy tours

CONFERENCE
TRACKS

Agriculture Engineering
Agriculture Genetics and Plant Protection
Soil and Water Resource Management
Animal Sciences
Food Science and Technology
Agriculture Economy, Extension and Business
Agro – Ecology and Forestry
Agriculture Production and Crop Science

PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITIES

All accepted abstracts for AGRICO 2018 will be published in the conference abstract book with an associated ISBN. All full papers will be reviewed through a double blind reviewing process and published electronically with an ISSN in the proceedings with a DOI Number (DOI prefix: 10.17501).

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Register with AGRICO 2018 and experience the unique networking opportunities while being a part of the most advanced knowledge sharing platform. You will be entitled for complimentary networking gatherings with many more opportunities. Visit our registration page for further information.

CALL FOR
WORKSHOPS

The main objective of the workshop is to create an international gathering together with researchers, scholars, policy makers, stake holders and all other enthusiastic participants on these two valuable spheres to identify, address and solve the risen issues in current world and providing solid solutions towards sustainability.

LISTEN TO PAST KEYNOTES

Prof. Terence J. Centner

The University of Georgia, Athens, United States

World concerns about ractopamine in livestock feed.

Ms. Deepali Kamatkar

SEED Management Services Pvt. Ltd., India

Digitization of field data collection – International Conference on Agriculture and Forestry 2014 (ICOAF 2014)

Dr. Safdar Muhammad

Department of Agribusiness, College of Food and Agriculture, United Arab Emirates University, UAE

Analyzing consumers’ perception and attitude toward organic food products in United Arab Emirates.