About
Focus and Scope
Journal of Dry Zone Agriculture publishes research of outstanding significance in all aspects of agriculture including agronomy, agricultural biology, food and nutrition, soil science, animal science, agricultural engineering and agricultural economics. The Journal is also available on its own website http://www.jdza.jfn.ac.lk/.
Publication Frequency
JDZA publishes two issues a year.
Open Access Policy
The Journal of Dry Zone Agriculture provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. There is no embargo on the journal’s publications. Submission and acceptance dates are made available on the PDF format for each paper.
From December 2021, articles are published under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) which allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, so long as attribution is given to the creator. The license allows for commercial use.
Price for Hard Copies
Price for hard copy- LKR 500 per issue. The Journal of Dry Zone Agriculture is available online free of charge.
Archiving Policy
This journal is available for LOCKSS harvesting, to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. See LOCKSS harvesting start page.