Adopted in 2001, the WAEMUAgricultural Policy has the overall objective to contribute in sustainable ways to the satisfaction of population food needs, to the economic and social development of Member States and to the reduction of poverty, especially in rural areas. In order to enable the monitoring and evaluation of the Agricultural Policy and to provide decision support in all areas, the WAEMU Commission has decided to implement the Regional Agricultural Information System (SIAR). This will cover the needs of all stakeholders and will be organized in four main components: (i) the information system for the channels control, (ii) the information system on agricultural markets within the common market (iii) the information system on food security, and (iv) the information system for international agricultural negotiations. To conduct this project, the WAEMU Commission was accompanied by FAO.