Who are we

TAA is a registered charity of some 600 members, operated according to our Constitution and governed by an executive committee that is elected at the annual general meeting held in November/ December each year.

To download a summary brochure, click here.

President

Andrew Bennett

president@taa.org.uk

Executive Committee

Chairman

Prof Chris Garforth

chairman@taa.org.uk

General Secretary

Dr Elizabeth Warham

general_secretary@taa.org.uk

Hon Treasurer

Jim Ellis-Jones

treasurer@taa.org.uk

Membership Secretary

Corporate Membership

Linda Blunt 

Hugh Bagnall-Oakley

membership_secretary@taa.org.uk


Corporate_membership@taa.org.uk

Ag4Dev Coordinator

Ag4Dev Editors

 Paul Harding


Jim Waller
ElizabethWarham
Brian Sims

coordinator_ag4dev@taa.org.uk


editor_ag4dev@taa.org.uk

Directory of CVs for members available for consultancy

Keith Virgo

directory_editor@taa.org.uk

Award Fund Chairman

Antony Ellman

taa_award_fund@taa.org.uk


Our Mailing Address

TAA, PO Box 3
Penicuik  EH26 0RX
UK

TAA insurance cover
Public & Products Liability at £5,000,000, Trustee’s Indemnity at £100,000 and Legal Expenses cover at £100,000

Sub-Committees
Responsible for the management of different aspect of TAA's operations:
  • Membership and Promotion
  • Finance and Resource Mobilization
  • Publications and Communications
  • Regional and Overseas Groups

Specialist Groups
Operate in areas of specific interest to members to develop and build consensus in:

Tropical Agriculture Award Fund

makes awards to graduates and MSc students to gain overseas experience in tropical agriculture and environmental conservation through projects with corporate members or other organisations

Honours Panel
(chaired by the TAA Chairman) considers candidates for:
  • Development Agriculturalist of the Year
  • Young Development Agriculturalist of the Year
  • Awards of Merit or Honorary Membership (TAA members only)
  • National Awards