Revised constitution Jan 2006 together with duties of officers as approved at December 2005 AGM
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Organises
Meetings TAA organises meetings in London, Scotland, East Anglia and the SW of England , to discuss all aspects of tropical agriculture and related topics. |
 A view of the TAA stand at
the Royal Show in
2005 with some of the many overseas agriculturalists that visited
the stand. |
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Provides
Expert Advice |
Zero Tillage: an Urgent Opportunity for the
New Government. An Open letter to the Government
Departments: DEFRA, DFID and
DECC |
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Organises Visits to scientific establishments |  Meeting of the East
Anglia group of TAA at the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring
Centre, Cambridge in March 2005 |
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Publishes
Agriculture
for Development four times a year. which includes details of future meetings, book reviews. |
 Agriculture for Development accepts E-Mail
contributions (both
letters and short articles) from members. Please send your
contribution to editor_
ag4dev@taa.org.uk giving your TAA
membership number and postal address. To obtain copies of Newsletter online click here (Password required) |
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A
list of members is published from time to time.
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The Association has about
700 members worldwide. If you are interested in joining click here for further information.
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Produces
a
List
of
Consultants TAA organises and publishes a list of members available for consultation and employment. This information is now available online.
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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)
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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 |
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Encourages the establishment of TAA groups in other
countries |
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Agricultural
Research |
A
working
group
has
been formed to revitalise the UK Forum on
agricultural research. Click
here for
further information |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. | ||
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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. |
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Advertises
Vacancies for Employment Opportunities in Tropical Agriculture |
 Click
here
for
more
information |
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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 | ||
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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. |
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Sells
Items
produced
for
the TAA |
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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 |
| POST | POST HOLDER | EMAIL Delete the * after the @ before using email address. The * is to reduce the possibility of electronic copying of email addreesses. |
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| President | Mr Andrew Bennett |
president@*taa.org.uk |
| Chairman | Professor Chris Garforth |
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 | John
Gowing |
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 Managers | Antony Ellman (Chairman) | taa_award_fund@*taa.org.uk |
| Award Fund Secretary | Mr J Watson |
secretary_taaf@*taa.org.uk |
| Editor of Agriculture for Development |
Mr D G Robertson | editor_ag4dev@*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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