CAC-FRAS provides assistance and technical leadership on rural advisory services in accordance with regional and national development priorities.
CAC-FRAS serves as a platform for bringing together all stakeholder groups (research, education, farmers, policy makers etc.), coordination of activities and knowledge sharing among them, strengthening the role of RAS in developing and introducing innovative agricultural systems, strengthening institutional development and upgrading of the legal basis (relevant to extension and rural advisory services and agricultural innovation) at regional and national levels.