FAO GIS Centre, Environment and Natural Resources Service (SDRN)
E. Ataman supervised the GIS analyses,
F. Grita carried out the GIS analyses described in Annex 1,
M. Zanetti assisted from time to time,
B. Crescenzi carried out the GIS analyses to prepare the evaporation and seepage grids,
S. Agnesi performed the GIS analyses for the field verifications; and
V. Zichella made an earlier pilot study on some of the factors.
FAO Soils Resources Management and Conservation Service (AGLS)
F. Nachtergaele prepared the soil and terrain suitability table and advised on the preparation
of the soil and terrain grid.
FAO Water Resources Development and Management Service (AGLW)
J.-M. Faures formulated the evaporation and seepage studies and supervised the GIS
analyses.
FAO Agrometeorology Group, Environment and Natural Resources Service (SDRN)
R. Gommes and Fulvia Petrasssi prepared the air temperature grids of Latin America
FAO Inland Water Resources and Aquaculture Service (FIRI)
A. Coche (retired) gave advice, and M. Martinez-Espinosa, M. Pedini, A. Tacon,
Z. Shehadeh and B. Haight, the last-named of FIDX, kindly participated in the Expert
Group that decided on the relative importance of the factors in the commercial and small-scale
models.
Instituto Nacional de Pesca y Acuicultura (Colombia)
M. Valderrama Barco planned and supervised the field verification work, and the field data
collection was carried out by M. Zarate V., Gabriel Enrique Vera Uribe, Carlos Arturo,
Useche Lopez, Pedro Nel Montoya, Hermes Orlando Mojica Benitez and Gustavo
Salazar.
At Large
N. Castagnolli (UNESP, Brazil); P. Scott (University of Stirling, UK); and CEPTA
(Brazil) provided hard-to-get data and reports on cachama, pacu and Nile tilapia growth.
L. Llovshin (Auburn University, USA) provided practical insights and advice on the
predictions of yield.
J. Bolte (Oregon State University, USA) was deeply involved with preparation of the yield
models.
Thanks go to R. Bush (U.S. Bureau of the Census), R. Ford (Westminster College, USA),
Richard Cincotta (Population Division, USAID) and J. Evans (CIESIN User Services) for
pointers to digital data on population.
