CTA's annual reports are generally published about five month after the relevant year ends. This CD-ROM contains accounts of the year's activities, as well as information on the centre's financial management, administration and board.
CTA produces a full publications catalogue every two zears, with a supplementary catalogue produced in alternate zears as an update to the full catalogue. There is also an electronic version of the catalogue which provides up-to-date information on all publications and can be accessed via CTA's website. The publications featured in this catalogue cover a wide range of topics related to agricultural and rural development in the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries. They reflect the way CTA's partners have perceived their agricultural and rural information needs since the Centre began its publishing activities. CTA's publications fall into two categories: those produced by the Centre alone and those co-published with other organisations. CTA's own publications include its flagship bi-monthly magazines Spore (English and French edition) and Esporo (Portugese edition); various institutional publications, such as the Centre's annual reports; and a wide range of publications resulting from CTA's other activities such as seminars, studies and study visits. CTA's programmes are designed to provide a wide range of information products and services and enhance awareness of relevant information sources; promote the integrated use of appropriate communication channels and intensify contacts and information exchange (particularly intra ACP); and develop ACP capacity to generate and manage agricultural information and to formulate ICM strategies, including those relevant to science and technology. CTA's work incorporates new developments in methodologies and cross-cutting issues such as gender and social capital.
