RELASER is the Latin American Network for Rural Extension Services (in Spanish: Red Latinoamericana de Servicios de Extensión Rural). It started in 2010 under the leadership of the Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services (GFRAS) and a group of public and private institutions. RELASER's mission is to strengthen public and private extension systems in Latin America to promote sustainable development as part of innovation systems.
This policy brief summarizes the following points:
Given the importance of agriculture and the rural medium for countries’ growth and development, policy makers must strengthen the institutional structure of rural extension and increase public and private investment.