In 2004, I was part of the editorial team of the regional office of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization to come up with a book with the same idea but related to forestry. They have not confined themselves to the beaten tracks; they have never been satisfied to do things just as others do them, but always a little better. Noah was considered a deluded engineer for he designed and built the ark in the middle of a desert. Coming into a town on a donkey, having to fish to pay your taxes, and forgetting to bring the wine do not seem like ingredients for success. Crying like a rejected lover, passing out invitation to a feast that largely go unanswered, having to stand on front porches and knocking hardly sound like a job description for a king.

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