ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

A large number of individuals and organizations have contributed in various ways to the production of this publication.

Mr F.W. Mbote of the Soil and Water Conservation Branch (SWCB), Ministry of Agriculture, played a key role in collecting the data for the Case Reports. He has made useful suggestions on how to improve the earlier drafts. Mrs K. Fahlstrom of SWCB also reviewed an earlier draft and made a significant contribution to the final book.

The manuscript was technically reviewed by several ICRAF researchers, namely:

Dr Habib Ibrahim, ICRAF, Nairobi
Mr J. Beniest, ICRAF, Nairobi
Dr F. Place, ICRAF, Nairobi
Dr S. Minae, ICRAF, Malawi
Dr A. Temu, ICRAF, Nairobi
Dr D. Ngugi, ICRAF, Malawi
Dr F. Owino, ICRAF, Nairobi

Various other people have reviewed or contributed to different sections of the text. Among those I would like to mention are:

Mr P. Mung'ala, Director of Forestry, MoENR, Nairobi
Mr L.I. Mwarasomba, SWCB, MoA
Mr B. Hansson, ICRAF, later SIDA/RSCU
Staff of the Bellerive Foundation, Nairobi
Mrs N.A. Chavangi, Changwe Consultants, Nairobi
Mr P. Maundu, The Herbarium, Museums of Kenya
Dr M. Nicholson, Consultant, Nairobi
Mr Wangwe Baraza, FESD, MoENR, Nairobi

Apart from Mr Mbote of MoA, the following people also contributed data for Case Reports:

Mr E.N. Oluoch, SWCB, MoA (reports from Turkana and West Pokot)
Mrs M.W. Murithi (on energy conservation in Embu District)
Mr P. Maundu (on nutritious trees)
Staff of the Bellerive Foundation (on energy conservation at the coast)
Dr H.P. Liniger, Laikipia Research Programme (on root pruning to minimize competition).

Under the project "Agroforestry for Development in Kenya", implemented by ICRAF and funded by SIDA, attempts were made to produce an agroforestry manual for Kenya. Ideas generated during that project have proved useful in the current work. Main discussion partners at that time were Mrs Loice Omoro and Mrs Alice Kaudia.

Basic data on current agroforestry research in Kenya were collected by Mrs M. Berlekom, consultant, Nairobi.

Copy editing, design, layout and typesetting were done by Caroline Agola. The cover was designed and prepared by Damary Odanga.

A few illustrations were drawn specially for this book by Boniface Agar. However, most of the illustrations have been taken from the other sources listed on page xii.

Some sections of the text are based on other publications: these sources are indicated at the appropriate places.

Without the contributions of farmers and other people who were interviewed and who willingly shared their experiences for inclusion in the Case Reports this publication could not have been developed.

I am grateful for all these contributions.

Finally I am most grateful to Dr Habib Ibrahim and Dr Ester Zulberti of ICRAF for their support and encouragement.

B. Tengnäs