Publication Cooperation

The publication of this book has required the cooperation of many people along the way. From its very conception, the project of bringing together experiences from ongoing Farming Systems Research projects has faced a problem of communication due to the dispersal of the participants.

Contributors and Acknowledgments

Dr. William Partridge and Lynne Goldstein were instrumental in the initial presentation of the symposium on Social Science participation in Farming Systems Research at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association.

Ben Wallace has done an admirable job not only as editor but as a point man throughout the process of organizing the conference and preparing the manuscript. He deserves credit for expediting countless activities that could never have otherwise been accomplished because of the vagaries of international mails and telecommunications.