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From Asia, Africa and the South Pacific, our focus is on horticulture in this edition of New Agriculturist. The theme is competition: against pests and diseases; between large and small scale growers; to produce what the market wants; and to the standard the market demands whether at home or overseas.

In Developments, we turn from competition to co-operation. Mountain and lowland farmers in Ethiopia are discovering that mutual understanding and co-operation over natural resources management is improving the farming environment and reducing the pressures that had led to conflict. And in Bangladesh, co-operation between donors, farm power research and NGOs is helping to generate income for a forgotten group in development - the disabled. Also in Developments, we feature two articles on making useful products out of waste, both of which relate to water.

The 3rd World Water Forum largely failed to spur international consensus on how to tackle a looming global water shortage. Maude Barlow who represented an NGO standpoint at the Forum gives us her Perspective. Her book, Blue Gold, is featured In Print. Our picture feature on Syria's Khanasser Valley clearly shows the challenges of making a livelihood out of farming where water is scarce.

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Points of view Community forest management Focus on Horticulture Exacting standards Market day in Vanuatu FORWARD thinking Tomatoes and trees Food in fashion Putting a picture to the puzzle Getting vegetables off the ground Biological agents of micro-destruction In Print Blue gold: The battle against corporate theft of the world's water Making global trade work for people Fatal Harvest: The tragedy of industrial agriculture Farming systems and poverty Appropriate food packaging: Materials and methods for small businesses Shifting burdens: Gender and agrarian change under neoliberalism Milk Producer Group Resource Book: a practical guide How to unravel and solve soil fertility problems Sheep Enhancing impact Directory of agricultural research institutions in Africa 2002 Picture Feature Syrian Steppes

Perspective Civil Society at the 3rd World Water Forum: A Personal Account By Maude Barlow News Foot-and-mouth in Afghanistan WTO 'disagreement' on agriculture Tomatoes under attack GMOs Free Trade Agreement Outbreak of Avian 'flu Genebank security Back to the wild Artificial gut tests body building maize Seeds Congress in Nairobi Floriculture blooming in Uganda New goats for old Developments The will, the waste and the water To the power of ten Learning from goats Water hyacinth spawns mushroom enterprise Country Profile Tanzania

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