As befits a magazine that now has readers in 105 countries, this edition highlights opportunities and threats from the breaking down of insulating barriers and frontiers. The trend is surely unstoppable and brings many benefits, not least an awareness of what is happening elsewhere. Reaction to that awareness may result in the offer of help, or in the hasty reinstatement of barriers. To highlight the help we have News of the practical assistance being offered to the agricultural communities affected by the earthquake in the Indian State of Gujarat. And, highlighting the need for barriers, we explain the efforts being made to control the spread of Foot and Mouth Disease in Britain (Think the worst first) and in southern Africa (News).

Awareness that many breeds of domestic animals are becoming extinct has led to an effort to promote better management of farm animal genetic resources throughout the world (Casualties of circumstance). If global awareness can result in such action, can an awareness of the effects of globalization on the poor also result in action to ensure they are not ignored, to become yet more impoverished? (Globalization and the Poor and our Points of View on poverty)

With our Focus On seeds - multiplication, distribution and trade - and a Perspective that brings the philosophies of the East to western veterinary thinking, this edition of New Agriculturalist brings rich cultural diversity to the challenges of an increasingly interconnected global farming community.

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Points of view Poverty Focus on Seeds Small-scale seed production Sowing the seeds of success Seeds of hope Certified success? A researchers' responsibility? Seed Industry in India: Poised for a leap New seeds for old? In Print The Water Harvester: Episodes from the inspired life of Zephaniah Phiri Seeding Solutions: Volume 1 Policy options for genetic resources Productive Water Points in Dryland Areas: Guidelines on integrated planning for rural water supply Hay and straw conservation for small-scale farming and pastoral conditions State of the World 2001 Planning Agricultural Research: a sourcebook The Peri-Urban interface: A tale of two cities Evaluating Indirect Ecological Effects of Biological Control Mastering the Machine Revisited: Poverty, aid and technology World Watch List for Domestic Animal Diversity (3rd Edition) Environments and Livelihoods: Strategies for sustainabilit Deep Trouble: the Hidden Threat of Groundwater Pollution Thieves, Deceivers and Killers: Tales of chemistry in nature Efficacy and Commercialisation of Neem Products Voices of the Poor Vol 2: Crying out for Change Assessment of the Small-Scale Food Processing Subsector in Tanzania and Uganda: Study report Strategies for Strengthening Small-Scale Food Processing in Eastern and Southern Africa Field guide to the Acacias of Zimbabwe A Guide to the European Market for Medicinal Plants and Extracts

Perspective Dis-ease, Ease & Holistic Approaches to Health by Dr Michael Meredith News Facing up to Foot and Mouth Indian earthquake update Taiwan's grafters grow tomatoes Fruit and Nut - the answer to Varroa? Zimbabwe's maize stocks drying up Cottoning on to a fungal cure Chasing away hunger in KwaZulu Natal Weak pulses and slow growth in India Keeping secrets in the rice race Pesticide quality - a global survey Support for the gene revolution Using CDs to fight disease South African lions fall prey to TB Of mice and nematodes Abba gives a potted lesson in physics and marketing Facing the camera Stopping the rot in the fish trade Award for WARDA Developments Globalization - and the poor High Fibre Fashion White Paper gives research the green light Casualties of circumstance? Think the worst first Country Profile Bolivia

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