The objective of AE/NRM R&D programs should be, in the first instance, to identify, encourage
and diffuse concrete innovations by farmers in managing natural resources.

Scale Up! is a synthesis of the highlights of discussions of the 38 participants
from some 25 institutions who attended the Workshop on Scaling Up Sustainable
Agriculture (SA) Initiatives held 22-23 October 1999 at the World Bank. The Workshop
was organized by the NGO Committee of the Consultative Group on International
Agricultural Research (CGIAR) with support from the Global Forum on Agricultural
Research (GFAR) with the general assumption that there are successful local level SA

Summary matrix of international environmental conventions and related initiatives