NARS have primary responsibility for generating, adapting and transferring technologies that farmers need to ensure food security and equitable, sustainable development.

The National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS) are often just the NARIs of the country or region concerned, although they are now broadening their base to better utilize their collective experience, and include representatives of universities, (which may or may not be primarily responsibility for public research at the national level), the private sector, extension services, NGOs, and farmer organizations.

NARS have regional and sub-regional research fora at varying stages of establishment in all the developing regions of the world. There is a tendency for the NARIs in these fora to be principally crop-oriented, while there are frequently parallel fora for livestock, forestry, fisheries and natural resource management.

The core of NARS consists of the organizations and institutions created and funded by Government or both. Three models for organization of NARS have evolved over the time:

• The Agricultural Research Council Model (ARC)
• The National Reserach Institute Model (NRI)
• The Agricultural University Model

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By clicking the red bullet for every region you can find general information on its Regional Forum, while clicking any other part of the region you will accede a more detailed map through which is possible to get information on every single country.