AJAD Vol. 5 No. 1 features the following articles: (1) Agriculture and Pro-Poor Growth: An Asian Perspective; (2) Determinants of Crop Choices by Bangladeshi Farmers: A Bivariate Probit Analysis; (3) The Impact of Integrated Pest Management Technology on Insecticide Use in Soybean Farming in Java, Indonesia: Two Models of Demand for Insecticides; (4) Comparative and Competitive Advantage of the Shrimp Industry in Mekong River Delta, Vietnam; (5) Tropical Forests and Climate Change Mitigation: The Global Potential and Cases from the Philippines; and (6) Rice Crisis and Climate Risk Management: The CURE Approach