In order to gain permission to reproduce material under JAFSCD or New Leaf Associates, Inc. copyright, you should do the following:

1. Obtain consent from one of the original authors of the paper from which you wish to extract materials. In the event that the original authors are deceased or unavailable, contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for advice. Here is a PDF of the a sample letter to gain permission to use JAFSCD material in other publications. [PDF here]

2. Notify This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. when consent has been obtained from the original authors. Give the original citation for the figure, table, or other material that you plan to reproduce as well as the information about where the material is to appear.

3. If your publisher needs a formal indication of this permission, send a request to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . If special forms are required by your publisher, be sure to include copies of the forms. Requests for formal permission will normally be satisfied within a week of the request.

4. All reproduced material must be properly identified by the citation of the original volume and issue and must carry the indication, "reproduced by permission of the JAFSCD and New Leaf Associates, Inc.."

Permission to Use Non-JAFSCD Material in JAFSCD Journals

When you submit an article for publication in JAFSCD and you choose to use material (including short extracts or diagrams) published previously by other authors in journals other than those of the JAFSCD, then you must first obtain the written permission of the author and the publisher concerned. You must submit evidence that all the necessary permissions have been obtained when you submit your article. We do not perform this task for you. You can use the template below to obtain permission from the author and the publisher. The following are templates that you can use:

{Date}

Dear  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . /To whom it may concern

I am preparing a work entitled “ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .” (“the Work”) to be published in the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development (JAFSCD), published by New Leaf Associates, Inc. of Ithaca, New York.

I would appreciate permission to reproduce the following item(s) in both print and electronic editions of the journal and in all subsequent future editions of the journal and any derivative products. I should be grateful for nonexclusive perpetual world rights in all languages and media. Unless you indicate otherwise, I will use the complete reference given below as the credit line. In case you do not control these rights, I would appreciate it if you could let me know to whom I should apply for permissions.

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For your convenience a copy of this letter may serve as a release form; the duplicate copy may be retained for your files. Thank you for your prompt attention to this request. Permission is being requested of the authors and the publisher separately.

Yours sincerely

{Signature}

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I/We grant permission for the use of the work as set out above.

Signed: ________________________________________

Date: __________________________________________

On behalf of Publisher: __________________________________________________________

Permission to Use JAFSCD Material in Other Publications

In order to gain permission to reproduce material under JAFSCD copyright, you should first obtain consent from one of the original authors of the article from which you wish to extract materials and then notify This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. using the template below.

Subject line: Permissions (JAFSCD)

I am preparing a work entitled “ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .” (“the Work”) to be published in (Journal): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

I have obtained permission from the original authors(s) to reproduce the following item(s) from The Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development in both print and electronic editions of the journal and in all subsequent future editions of the journal and any derivative products. I should be grateful for nonexclusive perpetual world rights in all languages and media.

I will use the complete reference given below as the credit line.

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{Signature}