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This paper explores whether civil society can work better with research programs and agricultural production in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. It argues that the most important features of agricultural research systems looking to work with civil society are the dramatic decline in funding of the research institutes, the battle for resources and the persistence of the Soviet-style, sector-specific division of research activities. It concludes that civil society has a large potential role to play in assisting the agricultural research community to adapt to the needs of the new agricultural sector.