The author acknowledges with many thanks the excellent inputs on the first draft from Shellemiah Keya, Don Winkelmann, Guido Gryseels, Henry Mwandemere, Mafa Chipeta, Peter Matlon, Fernando Chaparro, Christian Hoste, Howard Elliott, John Nickel, Doug Horton, Lukas Brader, Ekkehard Kuerschner, Maria Zimmermann, Zafar Altaf (Pakistan), Francisco Reifschneider (Brasil), Ren Wang (China), R.S. Paroda (India), ASARECA (Geoffrey Mrema), AARINENA (M.H. Roozitalab), CARDI (Hayden Blades), CIAT (Rafael Posada), IITA (Lukas Brader), IWMI (David Seckler/Doug Merrey), ILRI (Hank Fitzhugh), ICARDA (Adel El-Beltagy), Howard Elliott and Doug Horton of ISNAR. (Note: Names and titles, etc., in alphabetical order to be added in next draft).
In addition, the valuable comments from a great number of individuals contacted informally at ICW98 also are acknowledged with thanks. Naturally, any errors in fact or judgement remain the responsibility of the author.
