Exhibit 23
                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (number 333-44360) of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
of our report dated June 25, 2002 relating to the financial statements of the
DuPont Specialty Grains, LLC Retirement and Savings Plan, which appears in this
Form 11-K.



PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
June 26, 2002

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