Abstract Guidelines
Abstract Guidelines (click here to download the template)
Title: 12-point Arial, bolded, centred, maximum 20 words
Author’s name: 10-point Arial, bolded [A,B. Author1]
Second author’s name: 10-point Arial, bolded [C.D.E. co Author2]
1 Affiliation and full mailing address of main author in 10-point Arial, centred, italicised
2 Affiliation and full mailing address of second author in 10-point Arial, centred, italicised
Main author’s e-mail address: 10-point Arial, centred, italicised
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
[The introduction must contain your argument for the scientific value of the study, as well as the aim and objectives; Any secondary objectives? How does this study find application in the industry? The content of the abstract will be the basis for acceptance of the paper presentation at the Combined Congress 2025. All abstracts will be peer reviewed and authors will be informed about acceptance for presentation via email. Be sure to adhere to the word limitation for the abstract of a total word count of 400 words or less. 11-point Arial, justified, double line spacing.]
METHODS
[Briefly describe the methods used to collect the data, in sufficient detail to allow repetition. 11-point Arial, justified, double line spacing.]
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
[Briefly summarise the main data collected through your study. What are the key findings as related to previous research or to existing knowledge, practice or policy. What are the implications to the agriculture industry? What are the suggestions for future work? 11-point Arial, justified, double line spacing.]
CONCLUSIONS
[Provide a brief conclusion that summarises the results and their meaning or significance in relation to each objectives of the study. 11-point Arial, justified, double line spacing.]
Keywords: [Provide a maximum of six keywords, in alphabetical order, italicised, and separated with a comma.]
Important information: Oral and Poster presentations
- MS PowerPoint in 16 x 9 slide size
- Avoid the use of videos within the presentation.
- Employer and sponsor logos are to be as small as possible and should preferably be shown only on the first slide.
- Slide headings should be 40-point, with 28 and 20-point for major and minor subheadings, respectively.
- Presentations will be 15 minutes with 5 minutes for discussion. The session chair will manage presentation time strictly.
- Presentations should be stored on flash drives and preferably be uploaded at registration on the Monday afternoon before the congress starts.
- Presentations can also be uploaded at the different venues at least an hour before the session commences.
POSTER PRESENTATIONS:
- Orientation must be A0 Portrait only (841 × 1189 mm).
- Posters are not intended as commercial sites and thus must be of a scientific nature, with the use of commercial logos kept to a minimum.
- Material to affix posters to the poster display boards will be provided at registration.
- Use 96-point Arial Bold for the poster's title and 72-point Arial for authors and affiliations.
- Use Capital letters for the Title.
- Begin authors on a separate line from the title with their affiliations a line below that.
- Underline the person's name presenting the poster.
- Centre the Title, Authors and Affiliations.
- Use 30 to 36-point Arial Bold capitals for section headings.
- Use 24 to 30-point Arial for regular text.
- Review the readability of your poster by using a viewing distance of approximately 1.8 m.
- Do not try to cramp too much text and information into your poster.
- The poster should contain headings similar to those used in the Introduction, Objectives, Material and Methods, Results and Discussion, and References.
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