Front Matter and Introduction: The 24th Conference and the Association
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The 24th International Conference of the International Association of Agricultural
Economists was held in Berlin, Germany between Sunday 13 August and
Friday 18 August 2000 at the 'Haus Am Kollnischen Park'. The theme was
'Tomorrow's Agriculture: Incentives, Institutions, Infrastructure and Innovations'.
The Conference format will have been familiar to anyone who attended
the Sacramento meeting in 1997, though a number of evolutionary changes
were made in response to member suggestions. Some affected the length of the
Conference, others the programme organization. Before turning to those, however,
it is worth noting that the meeting was described as being 'by common
consent an outstanding event; academically stimulating, professionally rewarding,
institutionally fascinating and socially enjoyable' .1 Further, 'it was truly
the unique kind of international gathering that only the IAAE can offer, with
951 people attending from 83 different countries'. It will be understood that
the programme is always shaped by the international community of agricultural
economists, with the site organization being in the hands of a local
committee.2 It is their symbiotic relationship which provides each successive
triennial event with a distinctive flavour.