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TAA brings together 2 Future options for the sustainable production of Agriculture for Development | Paul Harding individuals and organisations 4 Article 1 412th Hugh Bunting Memorial Lecture: Integrating women and youth in climate-smart African from both developed and less- agriculture | Margaret Mangheni developed countries to enable 8 News from the Field 1 them to contribute to international 8 Fundamentals of farming on Tristan da Cunha | Alasdair Wyllie policies and actions aimed at 11 Article 2 11 The impact of elevated levels of carbon dioxide on host plants, insect pests, and their natural reducing poverty and improving enemies: implications for tropical agriculture | Ravindra Joshi and Leocadio Sebastian livelihoods. It grew out of the 17 News from the Field 2 Imperial College of Tropical 17 Report on ECHO Asia Conference, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 3-6 October 2017 | Keith Virgo Agriculture (ICTA) Association, 19 Article 3 which was renamed the TAA in 19 The famine on our doorstep: Africa is burning, the North is watching | Benny Dembitzer 1979. Its mission is to encourage 24 News from the Field 3 24 Women farmers till the land to protect agricultural heritage and change ways of living the efficient and sustainable use | Priya Pillai of local resources and technologies, 26 Article 4 to arrest and reverse the degradation 26 Invasive apple snails (Pomacea spp) in Thailand: current status and integrated management | of the natural resources base on Ratcha Chaichana and Ravindra Joshi which agriculture depends and, 30 News from the Field 4 30 Women in irrigation management in Argentina: participation and opportunities | Laura Imburgia by raising the productivity of 33 Article 5 both agriculture and related 33 No-nonsense surveys: aspects of survey design which affect results | Miranda Mortlock enterprises, to increase family