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.