Rural Advisory Services Worldwide: A Synthesis of Actors and Issues

This report on actors and issues in rural advisory services (RAS) aims to provide the required background information and analysis that will – together with other ongoing validation activities – enable GFRAS, the Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services, to develop its long-term strategies and work plans in order to fulfil its mission and functions. The report on actors and issues in rural advisory services (RAS) is based on a review of primary and secondary documentation about RAS and their stakeholders, undertaken in 2010. Key stakeholder groups identified were RAS ‘clients’, RAS ‘providers’, and those stakeholders responsible for or contributing to an overall enabling environment for RAS.