The Farmers' Forum is a bottom-up process of consultation and dialogue between small farmers' and rural producers' organizations, IFAD and governments, focused on rural development and poverty reduction.  Fully aligned with IFAD's strategic objectives, the Forum is rooted in concrete partnership and collaboration at the country and regional levels. Engagement with rural organizations at the field level and dialogue at the regional and international level are articulated as mutually reinforcing processes.  Following consultations at the national and regional level,the Farmer's Forum meets every two years for a global consultation, in conjunction with the Governing Council of IFAD.  The first such meeting was held in February 2006, the second meeting took place in February 2008, the third global meeting took place on 15-16 February 2010 in conjunction with the Thirth-third session of IFAD's Governing Council and the fourth global meeting took place from 18-23 February 2012.