Three major themes have been identified as being of common interest to SDRR and the
NARS Secretariat, in pursuing their respective objectives:
1) Operationalization of the NARS concept, in facilitating the evolution from the NARIs model
to the NARS model.
2) Biotechnology policy issues and capacity-building challenges in NARS. 3) Information and Communication for Agricultural Research for Development (ARD).
The role these three topics play in the NARS Secretariat activities is explained in the
GFAR Emerging Programme of Work 1999-2000 (April 1999). The present document
concentrates on the third topic: Information and Communication for ARD. Possible ideas for
joint activities related to the second topic (biotechnology) have been discussed with Maria
Zimmerman. Similar documents could be developed for the other two areas of common interest.