The successful organization of a workshop such as this relies on the help, cooperation and hard work of many people before, awing and after the event. The West Africa Animal Traction Network (WAATN) and the International Livestock Centre for Africa (ILCA) would like to thank sincerely the following people and institutions:
The hosts, the Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR) and the National Animal Production Research Institute (NAPRI), both of Ahmadu Bello University, the Network Steering committee at the time of planning the Workshop:
Dr K.V. Apétofia, M. Adama Faye, Mr Bai Kanu, Mr Dramane Zerbo, Dr Dayo Phillip, Mr Jabel Sowe, Mr Ralph von Kaufmann (ILCA Representative) and Mr Paul Starkey (WAATN Technical Adviser), the Local Organising Committee: Dr Dayo Phillip, Dr J. Sunday Adeoti, Mr Emmanuel Ajileye, Mal. Mohammed Badawi, Dr Jerome Gefu, Prof R. N. Kaul, Dr Hans G.P. Hansen, Mr Ralph von Kaufmann, Engr. Ibiam O. Oguejiofo, Dr A.O. Ogunbile, Dr Emmanuel O. Otchere; the rapporteurs and chairpersons of plenary sessions, discussion groups and field visit groups:
Mr Abiye Astatke, Dr Jacques Faye, Dr Jerome Gefu, Dr O Ikwegbu, Mr Bernard Jacobi, Mr Bai Kanu, Dr Paul Kleene, Dr John Mathers, Dr Colin Oram, Mr G.B.M. Phiri, Mrs Juliana K. Rwelamira, M. Pascal Sambou, Dr O.B. Smith, Mr Jabel Sowe, Mr Hans-Gerhard Wagner, Dr Ercole Zerbini; the interpreters Mmes Tilly Gaillard and Elisabeth Benemar; the ILCA secretariat, interpreters and translators and assistants including: Mr Chris Akomas, Mr Macdonald Alabi, Mr Christopher Amah, Mme Elisabeth Benemar, Mr Gabriel Emelogu, Miss Joy Emuan, Mme Tilly Gaillard, Ms Katharine Lawrence, Ms Kirsty Lennon, Mr Claudio Mancini, Mr M. Magaji, Mr Patrick Millar, Mr Peter Momodu, Mr Aaron Tening.
Particular thanks are due to Dr Hans Jensen and Mr Ralph von Kaufmann of ILCA who bore the brunt of the pre-conference organisation in Nigeria, and especially to Mr Paul Starkey the WAATN technical adviser for his invaluable liaison work from Britain and for his timely and detailed reports both before and after the Workshop.
We also thank Mr Allen Irvine for doing an initial survey of the English papers and making suggestions for subsequent editing, and Mr Hakeem Ajijola of Digital Information Systems Co. Ltd, Kaduna, for making camera-ready the proceedings in Ventura. Thanks also to Paul Neate and his staff of the ILCA Publication Section for all the English to French translation, and the printing and publishing of these Proceedings.
ILCA bore an important part of the costs of the Workshop, sponsored several of the participants and contributed significantly to the preparation and publication of these Proceedings. Valuable support was also provided by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), who sponsored the preparation by Mr Paul Starkey and circulation of the Workshop Report. Thanks are also due to all supporting organisations who sponsored one or more of the participants, particularly the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA). Particular appreciation is expressed to the Commission of the European Community which provided encouragement and important sponsorship for the workshop.
