This Medium Term Operational Plan (MTOP) describes activities to be coordinated and implemented during the first five years (2014 – 2018) of the Centre for Coordination of Agricultural Research for Southern Africa (CCARDESA), a new Sub-regional Organisation (SRO) established by SADC member states to coordinate agricultural research and development (R&D) in the SADC region.
Implementation of the R&D activities will be carried out by the various stakeholders in the national agricultural research systems (NARS) in the region.