
	GENERAL INFORMATION Click here to obtain a copy of the TAA Constitution as modified in December 2003 Draft Constitution March 2005 Draft duties of officers March 2005 Revised constitution Jan 2006 together with duties of officers as approved at December 2005 AGM Find out how to leave money to TAA in your will Click here to obtain a copy on the TAA's Constitution 2001 Click here to find information on how you can enable TAA to reclaim the tax on your TAA subscription

What Does the Association Do?

Organises Meetings
TAA organises meetings in London, Scotland and the SW of England , to discuss all aspects of tropical agriculture and related topics. It also organises a stand at the Royal Show each year

A view of the TAA stand at the Royal Show in 2005 with some of the many overseas agriculturalists that visited the stand.

Organises Visits to scientific establishments

Meeting of the East Anglia group of TAA at the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge in March 2005

Publishes a Newsletter
TAA publishes a quarterly Newsletter. which includes summaries of TAA meetings, details of future meetings, book reviews, and informal articles.

The Newsletter accepts E-Mail contributions (both letters and short articles) to the TAA Newsletter from members. Please send your contribution to editor_ newsletter@taa.org.uk giving your TAA membership number and postal address.
To obtain copies of Newsletter online click here (Password required)

Circulates an Annual List of Members
An annual list of members is also published.
Names of members who have moved and whose new addresses are not on the TAA database, are given on these web pages. If you know the f orwarding addresses of these missing members please let the membership secretary know.

The Association has nearly 1000 members worldwide. If you are interested in joining click here for further information.

Click here to make an on line donation to the TAA or pay your annual subscription to the TAA online. Once you have paid your subscription in this way please send an email to membership_secretary@taa.org.uk saying that you have paid in this way.

Payment check, accessible only by Membership secretary; https://www.workwithus.org/admin/Finance/

Produces a List of Consultants
TAA organises and publishes a list of members available for consultation and employment. This information is now available online.

Click here for information about the TAA on-line directory of CVs

Click here to see the online Directory and the procedures for registering CVs

Member of Consultants and Construction Bureau

The TAA has joined the British Consultants & Construction Bureau (BCCB). Membership will be of particular interest and value to members who have already “signed up” with our Agribusiness Group. Interested members who have not yet done so should contact Jim Turnbull (e-mail: agribusiness@taa.org.uk) . For more details of BCCB see http://www.bccb.org.uk or email Jim Turnbull at : agribusiness@taa.org.uk from whom the password to the members area on the site can be obtained. More inforamaion about TAA link with BCCB can be found by clicking here

Encourages the establishment of TAA groups in other countries

TAAIndia Webpage

Agricultural Research

A working group has been formed to revitalise the UK Forum on agricultural research. Click here for further information

Provides Travel Funds for Young Graduates
TAA provides funds to enable young graduates to gain experience of tropical agriculture. Click on funds above to go to application forms.

A large number of young persons have managed to gain experience of tropical agriculture with the help of funds provided by the TAA.

Provides Travel grants for 'South-South training

Grants are available to provide funds for technical personnel working for an agricultural project in a tropical country to receive appropriate training in another tropical country. Click here to obtain an application form which should be completed and returned to the membership secretary of TAA, whose address is given below.

Publishes On-line Conference Proceedings
Reproduces, on these web pages, copies of papers that have been presented at the various conferences that TAA has organised .

Papers from many meetings, are now on these web pages. Please click here for more information.

Encourages Discussion
It is also acts as a forum for the exchange of news and views of members. These views may be published either in the Newsletter or on the TAA discussion page.
New items to be discussed added April 2005

Members views on the implications for tropical agriculture of organic farming and genetically modified crops would be especially welcome. Please email your contributions to scottish_organiser giving your name and TAA membership number.
In addition Members views on the attached TAA position paper on Research Funding would be welcome

Please see TAA submission in November 2003 to the following forum:

Establishing DFID Priorities for Development Research

DFID Consultation 'New Directions for Agriculture in Reducing Poverty From April 2004

The record of the meeting between TAA and DFID on 8 June  to discuss the 2006 DFID  Third White Paper Consultation Document on Eliminating World  Poverty

Establishes Links
Establishes links with other organisations concerned with tropical agriculture LINKS

These links include those to on line journals, donor agencies, academic institutions and information of general interest to members.

Advertises Vacancies
for Employment Opportunities in Tropical Agriculture

Click here for more information

Maintains an email discussion group
for TAAF awardees and young professionals in Tropical Agriculture and International Rural Development

Click here for access to the TAAFNET email discussion group

TAA in the 21st Century, tasks and what has been achieved so far

Click here to find out the changes made in TAA's organisation until September 2006. Click here to see the September 2006 Business Plan to be proposed and discussed at the December 2006 AGM. Use Newsletter user name and password to obtain access. If you have any suggestions or comments to send to EXCO please email the membership secretary

Expresses an opinion on policy matters concerning tropical agriculture

Click here to read the TAA response to DIFD's consultation document on the role of tropical agriculture in providing better livelihoods for poor people

Click here for paper presented on 2nd March 2004 by Chairman of TAA on possible cooperation between DFID and TAA

Sells Items produced for the TAA

Fed up with plastic bags when shopping; wish to reduce land fill. If so buy a shopping bag with the TAA Logo for £1.5 plus postage. Contact: general_secretary@taa.org.uk

Information from the Charity Commissioners

If you live in a country in Africa, Carribean or the Pacific you may be able to obtain books on agricultural subjects free. Click here to find out details

Who to Contact in TAA


POST	POST HOLDER	EMAIL Delete the * after the @ before using email address. The * is to reduce the possibility of electronic copying of email addreesses.
President	Mr Andrew Bennett	president@*taa.org.uk
Chairman	Professor Amir Kassam	chairman@*taa.org.uk
General Secretary	Elizabeth Warham	general_secretary@*taa.org.uk
Membership Secretary/Change of Address	Mr J B Davis	membership_secretary@*taa.org.uk
Treasurer of TAA	Dr Jim Ellis- Jones	treasurer@*taa.org.uk
Scotland/Borders Regional Convener	Vacant	scottish_organiser@*taa.org.uk
South-West Regional Conveners	Mr. Bill Reed and Mr G L Taylor-Hunt	southwest_organiser@*taa.org.uk
South-East Regional Convener	Dr Bill Thorpe	southeast_convener@*taa.org.uk
Editor of Directory of Consultants	Mr. K Virgo	directory_editor@*taa.org.uk
East Anglia Regional Convener	Mr. K Virgo	directory_editor@*taa.org.uk
Directory Administrator	Mr M Barnard	directory_administrator@*taa.org.uk
Award Fund Manager s	Antony Ellman (Chairman)	taa_award_fund@*taa.org.uk
Award Fund Secretary	Mr J Watson	secretary_taaf@*taa.org.uk
Editor of TAA Newsletter	Mr D G Robertson	editor_ newsletter@*taa.org.uk
Compiler of TAA Newsletter	Tina Bone	compiler_newsletter@*taa.org.uk
Web Page Manager	Vacant
Special Interest group - Agribusiness	J W Turnbull	agribusiness@*taa.org.uk
Special Interest Group - Land Husbandry	Francis Shaxson	landhusbandry@*taa.org.uk
Convener for India	Sanjeev Vasudev	indian_organiser@*taa.org.uk

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