As this edition of New Agriculturist is uploaded to the Internet, preparations are well in hand for November's World Food Summit. It is now, rather than afterwards, that thought will be given to what should be presented, what should be proposed and what is the point. So many in the world are still hungry and yet poverty, rather than shortage of food per se, is the overriding problem. "The paradox of hunger in the midst of plenty", says M.S. Swaminathan in his Perspective. Food security, food aid, and agricultural planning are also discussed In Print in Food Security in sub-Saharan Africa.

This edition of New Agriculturist also echoes Dr Swaminathan's call for the need to combine the best in traditional wisdom and cutting edge science. Striking a 'COARD' in Uganda explains how farmers' knowledge in Uganda is being harmonized with agricultural research. From India, From darkness to light reveals how scientists and farmers have combined to establish simple, village level manufacture of a biological crop protection spray based on a fatal virus disease of pod borers. We have News of rats and rice (The lure of success) and ask whether we should be Putting up with pesticides?, a perennial problem covered also In Print with Learning to cut the chemicals in cotton. For while the world waits for cuts in agricultural subsidies and more equitable trade, agricultural productivity would soar higher than any Summit if only losses from pests and diseases could be categorically cut.

As water scarcity and hunger dance hand in hand, we present Points of View on how we should be Running water. And to lighten the spirits, we offer our readers a bouquet of flowers this month as we Focus on floriculture.

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Points of view Running Water Focus on Floriculture Catalogue of Colour Kenyans go for the gold standard Keeping the desert blooming A glowing success in floriculture My love is like a red, red... Ugandan Tea Hybrid? Laboratory aid for Colombian floriculture Zambian flower exports set to soar? Proteas for flower power in South Africa Zimbabwe's farmers show a flair for flowers In Print Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa Agricultural Technologies and Tropical Deforestation African Indigenous Vegetables: An overview of the cultivated species Rethinking Globalisation: Critical issues and policy choices Beating Hunger: The Chivi experience The Great Food Gamble Contract Farming: Partnerships for growth Learning and Livelihoods: The experience of the FSIPM project in southern Malawi Diversity not Adversity: Sustaining livelihoods with biodiversity Living off Biodiversity Ethnoveterinary Medicine Learning to Cut the Chemicals in Cotton

Perspective Global agriculture - facing the challenges By Prof M.S.Swaminathan News Foot and Mouth adds to trouble in Zimbabwe Fruit basket genetics World Food Summit Cuban sugar - going sour? Last stand for papaya? The Four Corners Project Putting up with pesticides? Biodiversity: a crucial issue for the world's poorest A biological solution for Botrytis The lure of success A prime time for sowing seed? Investing in coffee in Uganda Exposure from out of space Congo's move to counter mosaic Smart fertilizers only do what's required Developments Striking a 'COARD' in Uganda From darkness into light Keeping PACE with change From gentle streams do mighty rivers flow Country Profile Madagascar

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