Acknowledgements
This research was made possible through a grant by the Vater und Sohn
Eiselen-Stiftung, Ulm. The generous and far-sighted decision by the Foundation
and Senator Dr. Hermann Eiselen to establish this research in an area which will
be critical for world food security in the long run is gratefully acknowledged. This
grant also made it possible for me to become directly involved as a member of the
FAD Secretariat with the "International Technical Conference on Plant Genetic
Resources" in Leipzig, 1996 and FAD leadership in this important event.
In the course of this research project I benefited from the helpful conversation,
advice, and cooperation of many people, in particular including:
at FAD, Prof. Dr. Hartwig de Haen, Assistant Director-General; Prof. Dr. Jose
T. Esquinas-Alcazar, Dr. Umberto Menini, Dr. Murthi Anishetty, Dr. Clive
Stannard, as well as the FAD project team coordinated by Dr. Cary Fowler and
Dr. David Cooper and consisting among others of Suzanne Sharrock, Kristin
Kolshus, Iqbal Kermali; and at IPGRI, Dr. Jan Engels and others;
in India, Prof. Dr. R.B. Singh, Director of the Indian Agricultural Research
Institute; Dr. N.C. Jain, IARI; Dr. K.P.S. Chandel, Director of the National Bureau
of Plant Genetic Resources; Prof. Dr. Kumar, Head of Division of Agricultural
Economics, IARC; Prof. Dr. Ani! K. Gupta, Indian Institute of Management; Prof.
Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, M. Geetha Rani, both M.S. Swaminathan Research
Foundation; Dr. Eva Weltzien-Rattunde, Dr. N.K. Rao, Dr. A.K. Singh, all
ICRISAT;
in the German PGR system, Dr. Wilbert Himmighofen, German Federal
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Forestry; Dr. Frank Begemann and Dr. Anja
Oetmann, both Center for Information on Genetic Resources; Dr. Lothar Frese and
Stefan Bticken, both Braunschweig Genetic Resources Center; Prof. Dr. Karl
Hammer and Dr. Helmut Gtlde, both Institute of Crop Science and Plant Breeding;
at Kiel, my colleagues, especially Dr. Peter Wehrheim, Katinka Weinberger
and Matin Qaim.
Many others also provided valuable inputs, comments and help, especially
Regina Schulz-Giese and Derek Z. Gill.
Finally, I am particularly indebted to the pleasant and very efficient cooperation
with my supervisor Prof. Dr. Joachim von Braun whose intellectual guidance and
support are most gratefully acknowledged.
Although the present text was prepared with the assistance of the abovementioned persons whose collaboration is greatly appreciated, I alone am
responsible for any errors, inaccuracies or omissions.
Detlef Virchow
This research was made possible through a grant by the Vater und Sohn
Eiselen-Stiftung, Ulm. The generous and far-sighted decision by the Foundation
and Senator Dr. Hermann Eiselen to establish this research in an area which will
be critical for world food security in the long run is gratefully acknowledged. This
grant also made it possible for me to become directly involved as a member of the
FAD Secretariat with the "International Technical Conference on Plant Genetic
Resources" in Leipzig, 1996 and FAD leadership in this important event.
In the course of this research project I benefited from the helpful conversation,
advice, and cooperation of many people, in particular including:
at FAD, Prof. Dr. Hartwig de Haen, Assistant Director-General; Prof. Dr. Jose
T. Esquinas-Alcazar, Dr. Umberto Menini, Dr. Murthi Anishetty, Dr. Clive
Stannard, as well as the FAD project team coordinated by Dr. Cary Fowler and
Dr. David Cooper and consisting among others of Suzanne Sharrock, Kristin
Kolshus, Iqbal Kermali; and at IPGRI, Dr. Jan Engels and others;
in India, Prof. Dr. R.B. Singh, Director of the Indian Agricultural Research
Institute; Dr. N.C. Jain, IARI; Dr. K.P.S. Chandel, Director of the National Bureau
of Plant Genetic Resources; Prof. Dr. Kumar, Head of Division of Agricultural
Economics, IARC; Prof. Dr. Ani! K. Gupta, Indian Institute of Management; Prof.
Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, M. Geetha Rani, both M.S. Swaminathan Research
Foundation; Dr. Eva Weltzien-Rattunde, Dr. N.K. Rao, Dr. A.K. Singh, all
ICRISAT;
in the German PGR system, Dr. Wilbert Himmighofen, German Federal
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Forestry; Dr. Frank Begemann and Dr. Anja
Oetmann, both Center for Information on Genetic Resources; Dr. Lothar Frese and
Stefan Bticken, both Braunschweig Genetic Resources Center; Prof. Dr. Karl
Hammer and Dr. Helmut Gtlde, both Institute of Crop Science and Plant Breeding;
at Kiel, my colleagues, especially Dr. Peter Wehrheim, Katinka Weinberger
and Matin Qaim.
Many others also provided valuable inputs, comments and help, especially
Regina Schulz-Giese and Derek Z. Gill.
Finally, I am particularly indebted to the pleasant and very efficient cooperation
with my supervisor Prof. Dr. Joachim von Braun whose intellectual guidance and
support are most gratefully acknowledged.
Although the present text was prepared with the assistance of the abovementioned persons whose collaboration is greatly appreciated, I alone am
responsible for any errors, inaccuracies or omissions.
Detlef Virchow