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Acknowledgement
The Organizing Committee gives special thanks to the Swedish International
Development Agency (SIDA), Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, African
Economic Research Consortium (AERC), International Development Research
Centre (IDRC), The Rockefeller Foundation and the International Food
Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) for providing the funds to organize the
conference. We are grateful to the following organizations for supporting
the panel session in this conference; Food and Agriculture Organization of
the United Nations (FAO), International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI),
University of Guelph, African Rice Center-WARDA, World Agroforestry
Centre, GRIPS/FASID, USAID and Purdue University. We acknowledge Forum
for Organic Resource Management and Agricultural Technologies (FORMAT) and
University of Ghana for accepting to host the conference secretariat and
handling the conference logistics. The cooperation received from
participants and all other applicants in submitting abstracts, and
preparing oral presentations, posters and exhibits, is greatly appreciated
and hope the same spirit will continue in future. We thank all those
organizations that sponsored their members of staff to attend the
conference. We thank Zacchaeus Ndirima for his efforts in the preparation
of informational materials and communications to participants of the
conference.
AAAE Organizing Committee
Willis Oluoch-Kosura, University of Nairobi/CMAAE
Egnonto Koffi-Tessio, Universite de Lome, LARPSAD
Samuel Asuming-Brempong, University of Ghana
Canon Savala,
FORMAT
Yaw Osei-Asare, University of Ghana
Musa Omare, FORMAT
Daniel Bruce Sarpong, University of Ghana
Musa Salifu Taylor, IFDC
Tshikala B. Tshibaka, FAO
Godswey Cudjoc, IFPRI
Kwadwo Asenso-Okyere, IFPRI-ISNAR
Felix A. Asante, ISSER
Adelaide Boateng-Siriboe, PPMED-MOFA
AAAE Executive Committee
Willis Oluoch-Kosura - President
Akinwumi Adesina - Vice President
Musa Omare -Secretary
Regional Representatives
Johann Kirsten - Southern Africa
Isaac Minde - East & Central Africa
Egnonto Koffi-Tessio - West Africa
Mohammed Moussaoui - Northern Africa
Any portion of this entire booklet may be reproduced without permission of
the authors provided that the copies are not used for commercial
purposes and that full acknowledgement is given to the AAAE and
various contributors.
©2007 African Association of Agricultural Economists, Nairobi, Kenya
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