This document is based on the deliberations and outputs of two ILCA in-house workshops held in 1992, and of numerous individual contributions by ILCA scientists (Azage Tegegne; C. O'Connor; S. Ehui; H. Fitzhugh; H. Khalili; A. Lahlou-Kassi; M. Lippner; D. Little; V. Umunna and E. Zerbini)
This collective work gained from the assistance of Dr Felix Nweke, Project Leader of the Collaborative Study of Cassava in Africa (COSCA) at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria COSCA has similarities with the ILCA project on smallholder market-oriented dairying. These meetings were coordinated by B. Rey, a senior scientist from CIRAD/EMVT (Département d'Elevage et de Médecine Véterinaire des Pays Tropicaux du Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement) on secondment to ILCA.
