The availability of enabling policies strongly influences the successful implementation of development programs. Policy analyses/studies will be conducted under this component, and policy papers/briefs will be produced to provide recommendations and proposed courses of action to address critical challenges in the sector. Knowledge-sharing events such as policy roundtables, conferences, and fora under CADRE will also be conceptualized and implemented/organized under this component with proceedings/reports to document the results of the discussions.

An Annual CADRE Forum will be organized every 2nd quarter of the year (April-June) to create a venue to a) assess the progress of ongoing research and b) identify and discuss key and emerging issues concerning the region’s agriculture sector that need immediate action or support.

Each Southeast Asian country will be given the opportunity to host the Forum, and this will be decided upon by the CADRE Board. The results of the discussion will be used as the basis for identifying the research theme and activities that CADRE will implement in the succeeding fiscal year. By the fourth year of each five-year plan (FYP), an analysis of all the research and activities conducted by CADRE will serve as input to the development of SEARCA’s succeeding FYP. It will also be the basis for CADRE’s next regional program.