The editor-in-chief is the journal’s editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. He is the lead editor who acts as the chief executive officer of the Journal.

Generally the Editor-in-Chief:-

1. 1. Represents the Editorial Board on all matters relating to a journal.
2. 2. Will have full authority to determine the editorial content of the journal and will be responsible for the accuracy of the journal
3. 3. Reviews the work of the Editorial Board closely and regularly, and makes recommendations arising from the review.
4. 4. Oversees the timely publication of the journal.
5. 5. Chairs all the meeting of editorial board.
6. 6. Suggest appointees, in consultation with the Editorial Board, members who are capable of maintaining the highest editorial standards in accordance with the terms of reference.
7. 7. Provides a forum for members of the Editorial Board to supply and discuss ideas for the development of the Journal.
8. 8. Will mediate with the publisher of the Journals.
9. 9. Searches for fund for publication, dissemination and related activities in collaboration with the editor. Also involves in budgeting and strategic planning.
10. 10. Solicit articles/manuscripts for every issue of the journal
11. 11. Ultimately responsible for the final publication product of the journal and sets the tone, editorial direction and policies of the publication and making sure every issue is in line with the journal policies.
12. 12. The Editor-in-Chief will have three years term.

Associate editors are assistance editors pooled from different sub disciplines agriculture and work for their representative-sub disciplines. They support the chief editor in terms of editing, identifying appropriate reviewers for submitted manuscripts, and, in collaboration with the chief editor, decide on the publication of the manuscript. The associate editor:-

1. 1. Expected to develop content of the journal each year.
2. 2. Comment and advise on the journal policies, in consultation with the editor-in-chief.
3. 3. Establish, maintain and interpret author and reviewer guidelines.
4. 4. Must regularly interact and co-ordinate the entire process of reviewing of articles with the peer reviewers.
5. 5. Ensure that the dummy copy of every issue must be submitted in hard format to the assistant editor and the editor before final printing.
6. 6. Expected to further copy edit the content and language of the articles in the dummy copy,.
7. 7. Expected to proof read every article before submitting the final copy to the editor.
8. 8. Will also liaise with the publisher of the Journal in case of non-availability of the editor-in chief.
9. 9. Review, edit, and approve the technical content of the journal.
10. 10. Check for plagiarism.
11. 11. Identify and suggest key topics to include in the journal and invite key authors on these topics to submit an article.
12. 12. Identify key contributed research, workshops, or panel topics from meetings/conferences suitable for publication and invite presenters to submit an article.
13. 13. Facilitate the publication of the journal,
14. 14. Plan and work out ways and means to increase the number of article contributions and to ensure the regular publication and issuance of the Journal
15. 15. Prepare and periodically update list of referees
16. 16. Carry out the preliminary assessment of manuscripts
17. 17. Nominate new members of the Board at the end of members’ term of office in the absence of editor-in-chief
18. 18. Provide guidelines for the effective and proper functioning of the editorial office
19. 19. Handle issues that rise at periodic sessions
20. 20. Handle confidential matters related to individual contributors of manuscripts and any other issue that may be considered secret or require confidential treatment
21. 21. Responsible for the modification and actualization of the Journal’s layout
22. 22. Accountable for overall quality of the intellectual content of the Journal
23. 23. Decide on procedures for manuscript submission, review and referee criteria, acceptance, release, and publication
24. 24. Search, select and invite potential reviewers
25. 25. Assesse all manuscripts anonymously on academic merit without discrimination against any person with reference to age, color, creed, origin, belief, gender, seniority, etc.
26. 26. Indicates, point out, and decides any breach of publication guidelines to the board
27. 27. Checking concerning word limit or page limit words, references, figures, or tables, manuscript type and written format including margin shall be considered based on guideline
28. 28. Ensuring all evidence-based statements within the article must be supported with proper citations
29. 29. Ensuring and checking weather authors include all in-text citations have a corresponding reference entry and that each reference entry is cited in the text
30. 30. Associate Editors will have two years term

The editorial manager is generally responsible for supervising and allocating the work to associate editors, reviewers, and authors for all manuscripts submitted to AgriNat-Green Journal. S/he generally oversees all the aspects of content for publication. S/he acts as more like the chief operating officer.

The Managing Editor who is accountable to the Editor-in-chief has the following duties and responsibilities;

1. 1. Follows up and directly supervise the day-to-day activities of the Journal and reports to the Editor-in-chief.
2. 2. Holds and manages the publication office.
3. 3. Maintains any correspondences with contributors of manuscripts, assessors and Board members.
4. 4. Collects manuscripts from contributors, acknowledges the receipt of them, and codes any manuscript for evaluation and edition,.
5. 5. Makes preliminary screening of manuscripts and presents suggestions for the Editorial Board.
6. 6. Distributes manuscripts selected, when allowed by the Editorial Board for assessment to the designated assessors, and, in turn collects comments from assessors both in hand and electronic copies.
7. 7. Dispatches comments received from assessors back to manuscript contributors and collects final improved versions of manuscripts from contributors with explanation notes how the issues raised by assessors have been treated by the author(s).
8. 8. Sends finally selected manuscripts for typesetting, checks that those manuscripts are properly typeset, and submits them to the selected publisher.
9. 9. Systematizes the processing, scheduling, and dissemination of the Journal.
10. 10. Prepares agenda for the meetings of the Editorial Board in consultation with the Editor-in chief and Associate Editor.
11. 11. Records minutes of the Editorial Board.
12. 12. Keeps confidential information related to manuscripts to be published in the Journal.
13. 13. Works closely with the Editor-in-chief and the Associate Editor
14. 14. Supervises the activities of the office secretary,
15. 15. Perform, and manages all the Ads, communication, social media and media,
16. 16. Supervises, follows up and collaboratively works with content and technical editors, layout and language editors, secretory and reviewers.
17. 17. The managing editor is expected to be of relevant field of study, which is an academic member of the college, and is expected to be computer friendly. He/she is expected to handle each and every communication between the Editor-in-chief, reviewers and authors through the AgriNat Green Journal web and has two years term.

Technical editing involves reviewing text written on a technical topic and identifying errors related to the use of language in general or adherence to guideline of the journal.

The content and technical editor(s) performs the following functions;

1. 1. Edits the content of manuscripts in consultation with specialized experts of various disciplines, if necessary, to ensure that an article is of the desired standard by the AgriNat Green Journal
2. 2. Observes that manuscript contributors have incorporated carefully all the relevant comments they were given by the designated assessors,
3. 3. Ensures that manuscripts are readable in terms of clear content organization,.
4. 4. Checks that all the manuscripts have been organized as per styles and formats of AgriNat Green Journal,.
5. 5. Consults contributors, if necessary, for further clarification of content,.
6. 6. Checks that all the necessary information to understand a given manuscript is properly appended at the end of each paper and keeps all information related to the manuscript of the journal strictly confidential.

The language and layout editors perform the following activities;

1. 1. Edits the discourse of a manuscript whether it is up to the standard of a research discourse,
2. 2. Edits the overall language of an article, corrects or improves so that it maintains the standard language in similar article of similar reputable journals,
3. 3. Ensures that the language style and the overall organization of a manuscript are readable to the major target readership of the Journal..
4. 4. Monitors the edition, mechanics and syntax of a manuscript in such a way that it is readily comprehended by the target readership
5. 5. Checks that the overall layout of a manuscript including spacing and layout of the Agri Nat Green Journal are properly maintained and keeps all information related to the manuscript of the journal strictly confidential.

The secretary/typist/ performs the following duties and responsibilities;

1. 1. Collects manuscripts from contributors and comments from assessors and presents the same to the Managing Editor,,
2. 2. Keeps information related to manuscripts of the Journal confidential,
3. 3. Handles the secretarial activities of the publication office, such as organizing and keeping files, typing letters and reports, and dispatching outgoing letters,
4. 4. Maintains routine correspondences with contributors of manuscripts, assessors and Board Members,
5. 5. Typesets the selected manuscripts for publication and make them camera-ready for publication,
6. 6. Follow up-to-date formats for typesetting and selecting the most appropriate design for the Journal,
7. 7. Performs other duties being accountable to the Managing Editor.

The Journal will have an international honorary/advisory board whose members are to be selected from different institutions in Ethiopia and abroad. The advisory board shall have a minimum of 10 members. The members are subject matter experts to fill gaps of knowledge in the Journal and in the University. Members of the advisory board are expected to contribute to the quality, coverage, and publicity of the Journal nationally and internationally.

The manuscript reviewers have the following duties and responsibilities;

1. 1. Assess articles using the manuscript assessment format or checklist given in this publication guide (Reviewers guideline).
2. 2. Review the given manuscript within the time set for assessment and submit to the Managing Editor or the Editor.
3. 3. Treat the manuscript as confidential document,
4. 4. Return the manuscript without review to Managing Editor or the Editor if the manuscript is not the area of their academic specialization, or if they think the manuscript is not anonymously sent to them, or if they lack time to review, without undue delay,
5. 5. Will not retain or copy the submitted manuscript in any form; to comply with data protection regulations, as appropriate,
6. 6. Respect the intellectual independence of authors,
7. 7. Make known any conflicts of interest that might arise,
8. 7. Provide professional supports for the quality of the Journal. All manuscript submissions need to be made via the web-based online submission system, and mail the pdf/word version of the manuscript at agrinatgreen@dbu.edu.et,