Transformation Pathways And Investment Needs For The MultiPurpose Agricultural Sector

To meet the challenges of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, agricultural and food systems requires fundamental changes. The FAO, the IFAD and the WFP (2015) estimate that around 60% of the additional investment required to meet the SDGs will need to be publicly financed. Public policies remain at the cornerstone of the agricultural sector’s transformation for the potential leverage effect on private investment, their capacity to build enabling environments through the provision of public goods, and their ability to reassure investors, by providing stability, transparency and predictability. This paper, based on research conducted in the framework of the project TISD (Transformative Investment for Sustainable Development) which brings together key development actors to contribute to the French, European and global conversation on development financing around particular key sectors, identifies the conditions of success of national programmes—a number of which were partly supported by official development assistance (ODA)—aimed at developing political ecosystems conducive to sustainable agricultural practices, and derives recommendations for ODA providers.