In this 2018 Issue of Volume 3, articles on topical subjects including Land-use planning, foresight capacity and fore-sighting for improved food security, crop production (weeds management, pest control mechanisms, and crop improvement) and aspects of Livestock production (dairy cattle feeds and indigenous chicken productivity) are presented. The Journal is open access and all published Issues are available online – various databases. With the growing readership and increasingly dynamic publishing environment, it is (a) important that the journal continues to uphold the gold standard for quality control and (b) hoped that access to the journals published articles will contribute to the evidence-base needed in global debates and practical application of research on various topical subjects indicated above.