Multinational - Support to Research Institution (Spaar)

Special Programme For African Agricultur Al Research (SPAAR) plays an important role in the coordination and organization of African agricultural research institutions. It has achieved significant milestones in the establishment of sub-regional agricultural rsearch organizations such as ASARECA, CORAF, and FARA and succeeded in implementing the Framework For Action programmes during the past several years in the context of the sub-regional settings. An amount of UA 400,000 has been allocated to SPAAR from the UA 5.6 million approved for the 24 research institutions by the ADF Board of Directors, in October 1998. The fund will be utilized to support the core activities of the SPAAR Secretariat, to strengthen the capacity of sub-regional organizations and for the operationalization of the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), and also for the implementation of the Sustainable Financing Initiative (SFI).