The Use of GM Crops in Developing Countries
Acknowledgements
The Council wishes to thank the members of the Working Group for their contribution. Their expertise has been invaluable. It also wishes to thank the many organisations and individuals who have responded to the invitation to comment on the draft version of this Discussion Paper. The Council is also very grateful to Dr Andrew Cockburn, Dr Joseph DeVries, Dr Geoffrey Hawtin, Dr Luis R. Herrera-Estrella, Mr Antonio Hill, Professor John O’Neill, Professor Robert Paarlberg, Professor Jules Pretty and Dr Ana Sittenfeld who reviewed an earlier version of this Paper. Their comments were extremely helpful. It further wishes to thank the following individuals who provided valuable insights in fact-finding meetings: Dr Andrew Bennett, Professor Gordon Conway, Professor Phil Dale, Professor Steve Jones, Professor Julian Kinderlerer, Professor Ingo Potrykus, Dr Richard Tapper and Mr Alex Wijeratna. The Council and the Working Group are also grateful to individuals who responded to requests for advice on specific parts of the Discussion Paper, including Professor Peter Beyer, Dr Joel Cohen, Dr Adrian Dubock, Dr Marga Escalar, Mr Dominic Glover, Dr Marnus Gouse, Ms Kerry ten Kate, Dr Matin Qaim, Mr Tim Roberts, Professor Jim Rollo, Professor Colin Thirtle, Professor Greg Traxler, Professor Jocelyn Webster and Mr Alex Wijeratna and to SciDevNet for inviting comments on the draft version of the Discussion Paper on its website. Finally, we should like to thank Kate Miller who assisted with research for this paper during an internship in January 2003.