<p>In August 2015, stakeholders of the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) will come together as a Constituent Assembly to consider issues relating to the strategic direction and future governance of the Forum.To help guide and inform discussion, background papers have been prepared on each of the four topics to be addressed at the meeting. The paper sets out the possible basis forappropriate and sustainable mechanisms to fund each dimension of the collective actions of GFAR &nbsp;</p>