ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The authors wish to thank: Shereen Karmali, who wrote the section on proof-reading and edited various drafts; Anna Feldman for preparing earlier outlines of Writing for advocacy; and Catherine Thompson for copy-editing. Thanks also to John Pilbeam (University of Oxford) for his help in preparing the CDROM for use on Macintosh computers.

Daniel Buckles, Senior Program Specialist, IDRC, commissioned this work as part of the Using Agricultural Biodiversity Research Award Programme. Don Peden, Senior Programme Officer, IDRC, provided inputs on the ethics of authorship of scientific papers. Nina Frey, IDRC Library, helped with literature searches. Our thanks also to Bill Carman, Managing Editor, IDRC Books, for his many helpful suggestions.