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Acknowledgement

This book has arisen from a conference entitled ‘Biotechnology, Science and Modern
Agriculture: a New Industry at the Dawn of the Century’, convened by the International
Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology Research (ICABR), and held in Ravello, Italy
on 15–18 June 2001.
The editors would like to acknowledge the sponsorship of the following institutions:
• Ceis–University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’,
• Center for Sustainable Resource Development, University of California at Berkeley,
• Economic Growth Center, Yale University.
The editors would also like to thank the Italian National Research Council (CNR) for
their financial support of the conference.