I am Dr. Kauser A. Malik, former founder Director of Natiional Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE) at Faislabad and also former Chairman of PAk Agri Res Council (PARC). Curently am with Planning Commision. The GPG document has comprehensively indicated the difficulties in accessing the various CGIAR data bases in a consolidated manner. I have been interacting with several CGIAR centers and am aware of the immense scientific information available with CGIAR. There are basiucally four main cleints for this information. 1. Researchers 2. Policy makers 3. Extension workers/NGOs 4. Farmers. Any consolidated KM facility must take into account the needs of these end users. Researchers are looking for hard core scientific information which may help them further their research or improving a technology. Policy makers would be interested in knowing the usefulness of various interventions which will improve overall agricultural productivity; extension/NGOs would like to know different proven technologies for dissemination, lastly farmer is probably not aware of what is happening at CGIAR. Scientists at CGIAR should also be continuously trained and motivated to share information with NARS scientists. In the prevalent IPR scenario, this is becoming more and more complicated. Here I would like to quoite a sentence from your document. " A sensitivity raising activity is required to get across to CG staff thye fact that their work is the property of their Centers, that it is a Global Public Good and that they have a responsibility to make it available freely and widely." On the contrary, there has to be clear cut and transparent policy for sharing information so that contributions of every scientist are duly recognized. Have other thoughts. More later Kauser