Acknowledgements for the First Edition of the Agriculture Investment Sourcebook

Francesco Goletti (Agrifood Consulting International), John Kerr (Michigan State University), Hamdy Eisa (ARD consultant), Kimberly Lucas (USAID), Jerry Martin (Development Alternatives Inc.), Steve Morin (USAID), Erin Nicholson (USAID), Linda Nicolaides (University of Greenwich), John Orchard (National Resources Institute), Anja Schilling (Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research), Thomas Thompson (International Fertilizer Development Center), Eduardo Trigo (private consultant, Argentina), Robert Tripp (Overseas Development Institute), Dannielle Typinski (USAID), and Don van Atta (Development Alternatives Inc.).

Many Bank staff contributed and/or reviewed profiles of innovative ongoing or completed projects or project components: Paolo Agostini (LAC), Deepak Ahluwalia (SAS), Ousmane Badiane (AFR), Manish Bapna (SAS), Mohamed Benali (EAP), Eustacius Betubiza (ECA), Adel Bichara (MNA), Erin Bryla (ARD consultant), Raimundo Caminha, Arie Chupak (EAP), Luis Coirolo (LAC), Marie-Hélène Collion (MNA), Christine Cornelius (AFR), Cees de Hahn (ARD), Graeme Donovan (consultant), Henry Gordon (ECA), Wahida Huq (SAS), Rapeepun Jaisaard (ECA), Toru Kinishi, Patrick Labaste (AFR), William Lane, Douglas Lister (MNA), Graciela Lituma (LAC consultant), Mark Lundell (ECA), Salifou Mahaman (AFR), Matthew McMahon (LAC), Robin Mearns (EAP), Jessica Mott (ECA), Mohinder Mudahar (SAS), Ohn Myint (SAS), John Nash (ARD), Douglas Olson (EAP), R.S. Pathak (SAS), Eija Pehu (ARD), Jeeva Perumalpillai-Essex (AFR), Anna Roumani (LAC consoultant), G. Russell, Götz Schreiber (ECA), Daniel Sellen (SAS), Ashok Seth (consultant), Paul Sidhu (SAS), Harideep Singh (LAC), Geoffrey Spencer (EAP), Jürgen Voegele (EAP), Pierre Werbrouck (LAC), Wael Zakout (EAP), and Zongmin Li (ECA consoultant).

Each module was peer reviewed, usually by two Bank staff and one outside person. We appreciate the review contributions of; Deepak Ahluwalia (SAS), Jock Anderson (ARD consultant), Ousmane Badiane (AFR), Frank Byamugisha (AFR), Marie-Hélène Collion (MNA), Carlos Cuevas (OPD), Ijsbrand de Jong (AFR), Maria Fernández (LAC), Henry Gordon (ECA), Matthias Grueninger (MNA), Steven Jaffee (ECA), Jacob Kampen (AFR Consultant), Nadim Khouri (LAC), Hoonae Kim (EAP), Agnes Kiss (AFR), Renate Kloeppinger-Todd (formerly IFC and now ARD), Donald Larson (DEC), Mark Lundell (ECA), Ohn Myint (SAS), Aleksandar Nacev (ECA), David Nielson (AFR), Gunars Platais (LAC), Katrine Saito (PRM), William Steele (AFR), Juergen Voegele (EAP), Josef Toledano (AFR), and members of the SASKI, NRM, Land Policies, and Community-Driven Rural Development Thematic Groups. We also wish to thank the external reviewers; Suresh Babu (IFPRI), Kathleen Cloud (University of Illinois), Ralph Cummings (USAID), Howard Elliott (ISNAR), Mary Hill Rojas (WIDTECH), Peter Hobbs (Cornell University), Susana Lastarria (University of Wisconsin), John Pender (IFPRI), William Rivera (University of Maryland), David Rohrbach (ICRISAT), Arja Vainio-Mattila (University of Western Ontario). Overall peer review was provided by Julio Berdegue (RIMISP, Chile), Benoit Blarel (ECA), Hamdy Eisa (consultant), Gershon Feder (DEC), and Peter Hazell (IFPRI),

Finally, Kevin Cleaver (ARD) and Sushma Ganguly (ARD) contributed invaluable guidance and support throughout the preparation of the Sourcebook. Many other individuals provided suggestions or support, including Felicity Proctor (ARD), Csaba Csaki (ARD), Mark Lundell (ECA), Mohamed Ben Ali (EAP), Severin Kodderitzsch (ECA), Manish Bapna (SAS), Ernst Lutz (AFR), Dina Umali-Deininger (SAS), Robert Townsend (AFR), and members of the Agricultural and Rural Sector Board. Reginald MacIntyre (ARD consultant), Helen Freeman, and Cynthia Bartel (ARD consultant) provided able editorial support. Sarian Akibo-Betts (ARD) assisted with logistics and assembly of the manuscript, and Corazon Solomon (ARD), Felicitas Doroteo-Gomez (ARD) and Rebecca Oh (ARD) were extremely supportive in managing finances and contracts. Melissa Williams (ARD) and Kathryn Carr (ARD) managed the publication production, and Rosemary O’Neill (ARD) oversaw the electronic version. While the above list is comprehensive, it is very likely that we have overlooked important contributors. Our apologies for this oversight, but thanks all the same.