This document outlines the process followed to determine the current priority issues for a national irrigation research program. Consultants were engaged to meet with stakeholders to determine their views on priority issues. These views were obtained by faxing a questionnaire to industry representatives, face to face interviews and a series of discussion groups in key centres. The level of response, greater than 60%, indicates a high level of interest amongst irrigators, their representatives, water supply agencies, the scientific community and others in the service sector.