Mark Holderness, GFAR Executive Secretary, was invited as a moderator for the Network development meeting of the Eurasian Centre for Food Security (ECFS) in Moscow, Russian Federation, from 18 to 20 November 2013. Dr Holderness gave a keynote presentation â€Shaping the future together: Transforming agricultural research, education, extension and enterprise for developmentâ€, summarizing the rationale for the changes agreed in the GCARD Road Map and now being taken up by the wide range of stakeholders delivering the GFAR Medium Term Plan.