A now commonly used mechanism for funding agricultural research is the Competitive Grants
Scheme (CGS). This tool, which has become increasingly popular since the early 1990s, has been
used to develop, ensure and sustain scientific capacity and to allocate resources to the most
important scientific (and development) issues. While a number of such CGS have emerged over
the years, the long gestation nature of agricultural and related research makes it difficult to draw

FORAGRO III: Brasília Declaration
FORAGRO MidTerm Plan
FORAGRO Biennial Workplan

General lines of action:
1. Looking to the future:
Prospective vision of agriculture and the Rural Milieu
2. Regional R&D Agenda:
Identification of Regional Priorities and Regional Programs
3. Exchange of experiencies:
Actions among NARS: planning and management of technological
innovations; research experiences
4.Techological Integration and Cooperation:
Alliances and support to regional (FONTAGRO) and subregional programs
(PROCIs)
5. Knowledge and Society:

Immediately after the third FARA General Assembly, the FARA Secretariat is hard pressed to live up to the Assembly's expectations and recommendations. It is keen on sustaining the excitement and motivation generated in Entebbe, Uganda last June 2005. The Assembly gave all FARA¿s stakeholders an opportunity to contribute to FARA's future programmes, to exchange information on their programmes, and to seek synergies and new partnerships in African agricultural research for development.

CACAARI objectives: ¿ to promote the exchange of scientific and
technical know-how and information; ¿ to encourage the establishment of
appropriate research and training programs in accordance with identified regional,
bilateral or national priorities; ¿ to strengthen research organizational and
management capability of member institutions; and ¿ to build cross-linkages with regional and
international research centers and organizations through involvement in jointlyplanned
research and training programs.

A report has been submitted to FARA after reviewing 1) FARA Secretariats current status, 2)
organization development issues such as the historic and current institutional force field of FARA,
strategic plan and SSA CP, FARA governance manual and ownership and commitment of and within
the SROs. The reports advices FARA to complete several organization development objectives to
establish itself as an independent organization and these were:Create and staff a viable administrative organization for the FARA Secretariat,

Regional Priorities of: APAARI; AARINENA; FARA; FORAGRO; CAC