Evaluation of the Conference: 1) It is important to have better representation of the farmers¿ constituency, with an equal level of participation as the NGO constituency. 2) Farmers are pleased with the CSO per-conference meeting. This 2-day event, linked to the GFAR Conference should be retained and extended to regional and sub-regional GFAR meetings. 3) Farmers regret the overlap of dates between the FARA meeting and the Pre-Conference CSO meeting. 4) There should be more preparation of the farmer¿s input into the GFAR Congress, through circulation of the agenda well in advance to farmer focal points. 5) Representatives of farmer should be chosen only by national Farmer¿s organizations and regional and sub-regional and international Farmers networks in order to ensure legitimacy of farmer¿s representation