I would like to acknowledge my sincere appreciation for the tremendous assistance and support I received from several people in writing this book.
In particular, I extend my profound gratitude to Professor William Beinart and the late Professor Charles Feinstein, without whose patient help and guidance the book would not have take the shape and scope it did.
There are a number of people whose contribution to the production of this project is worthy of recording. To Anne Digby: no amount of words can repay my debt to you. At Linacre College in the Oxford University: Jane Edwards and Professor Paul Slack, thank you for remaining my two pillars of support. At the Oxford Plant Sciences: my sincere gratitude goes to Dr Richard Barnes. At Oxford Brookes University: I say thank you to Sussanah Wright for your commitment.
I am forever indebted to the Department for International Development at Oxford; Keith Lloyd; Cannons Collins Educational Trust for