About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Producción Agropecuaria y Desarrollo Sostenible is the institutional journal of the Dirección de Investigación y Proyección Social, under the seal of UNICAES EDITORES; This is in tune with the institutional plan and vision of the Universidad Católica de El Salvador. The magazine was created in 2012 with an annual periodicity.

Producción Agropecuaria y Desarrollo Sostenible disseminates original articles, research results and reflections made by the authors in the agricultural area and territorial development, to contribute to the development of these and the debate of them.

It is an open publication that seeks the exchange of knowledge between professionals in the agricultural and sustainable development area, interested in improving agricultural practices, territorial development and continuous professionalisation. By their nature, the ideas expressed in each issue are the direct responsibility of the writer.

Peer Review Process

All articles are reviewed by the Scientific - Editorial Coordination, which verifies compliance with the criteria requested for publication.

After this review, the documents are sent to the Scientific Arbitration Committee. The process under which the articles are arbitrated corresponds to the double blind modality, in order to issue an opinion with the least possible subjectivity, providing quality and credibility to the content. For each article, a total of three specialist arbitrators are assigned within the theme. The distribution of the referees may vary depending on the number of specialists, the subject (multidisciplinary approach) and the scope of it.

The Editorial Coordination of the journal takes a maximum of 60 days to review the content aspects and notify the author about its acceptance, observation and / or rejection of the article. Accepted the articles and made the adjustments and the precisions to that it would have place, these happen to grammatical and orthographic correction, in whose process the particular style of each author is respected. This correction is of form, never of content. In addition, each referee must attach the valuation form of the article

In special cases, in which the author (authors) receives a notification with observations and they do not comply with them, the publication or rejection of the article is at the editor's discretion.

Publication Frequency

Producción Agropecuaria y Desarrollo Sostenible is published annually

Open Access Policy

This journal 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.

Editorial Board

Nery F. Herrera Pineda 
Director and Editor
nery.herrera@catolica.edu.sv   

Wendy V. Canizales Aparicio
Style Correction
wendy.canizales@catolica.edu.sv

Cristian Enrique Meléndez 
Translation to English
cristian.melendez@catolica.edu.sv 

Francisco J. Sandoval Viana 
Design and Layout
francisco.sandoval@catolica.edu.sv

Iris M. Salinas Díaz 
Records 
mireya.salinas@catolica.edu.sv

 

Scientific Comittee:

Monica Betancourt Vásquez
Ph. D. in Biotechnology and Microorganisms Related
Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences
University Corporation Santa Rosa de Cabal, Risaralda, Colombia
agronomía@unisarc.edu.co

Abelino Pitty Cano
Ph. D. in Crop Production and Plant Physiology
Full Professor, Agronomic Engineering Zamorano, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Zamorano University, Honduras
apitty@zamorano.edu

Felipe Medina Martín
Doctor in Agricultural Economics and Natural Resources
Department of Economics and Agricultural Social Sciences
Polytechnic University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
fmedina@coag.org

Javier Arece García
Doctor of Veterinary Science
Leader of the scientific line of Health, Nutrition and Animal Reproduction
Experimental Station of Pastures and Forages Indio Hatuey, University of Matanzas, Cuba
arece@ihatuey.cu

Eufemia Segura Magaña
Master in Tropical Agroforestry
Researcher
National Center for Agricultural and Forestry Technology - Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, El Salvador
eufemiasegura@hotmail.com

Jorge Mora Alfaro
Master's Degree in Social Sciences with a Major in Development Studies
Director, Academic Headquarters of the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences
(FLACSO), Heredia, Costa Rica
jorpili@ice.co.cr