1. RESEARCH AND EXTENSION PRIORITY AREAs ISSUES Priority area: Multitudes Domains for collaboration (shared) Food security Nutritional Security Climate change Soil and Water Seed Food Processing Value chains Biodiversity Livestock Crop protection

2. Research and Extension Alignment, most important points: CG develops project and share the proposal objectives with NARS Joint Project Development Ethiopian Agricultural Research Council should play a coordinating roles The 15-year strategy being developed by NARS can include the CGC’s Development of modalities (extension) Thematic Areas of NARs should be aligned Utilize the Ethiopian Agricultural Portal (EAP)

3. NARS IARCs Collaboration, not control