The Organizing Committee for the Tenth Regional Wheat Workshop for Eastern, Central and Southern Africa wish to thank the following groups, organizations and individuals for their contributions towards the success of this workshop:
• The management and staff of the Small Grain Institute (ARC) and the University of Stellenbosch for hosting the workshop and for providing the conference and accommodation facilities.
• The CIMMYT/CIDA Eastern Africa Cereals Program, the CIMMYT/EU Eastern Africa Wheat and Economics Programs and the CIMMYT/EU SADC/MWIRNET Program for providing travel and accommodation expenses for 49 of the participants, representing eleven countries.
• The Small Grain Institute and SENSAKO for sponsoring the participation of the 17 South African participants.
• Professor Timothy Reeves, Director General ofCIMMYT, for opening the workshop, and hosting an evening of yntertainment during the workshop banquet.
• The Keynote Speakers: Drs. Jesse Dubin, Paul Heisey, Robert McIntosh, Ken Sayre, Rollie Sears, and Nick Vink.
• Mrs. Elri Burger and Mr. Herman Ie Roux for local organization and logistics.
• The technical and layout editors for the workshop proceedings: Thomas S. Payne, Douglas G. Talmer, Wilfred Mwangi, George Varughese and Hugo van Niekerk.
• The Publications Unit of the International Livestock Research Institute (lLRI) for printing the workshop proceedings.