Introduction :
After a long hiatus, agriculture has been reinstated as a priority in the multilateral development agenda. With less than two years remaining before the end of negotia- tions on sustainable development goals (SDGs), which will embody the global development agenda priorities for 2030, the “promotion of sustainable agriculture” appears among the goals defined by the Open Working Group tasked with preparing the negotiations. However, the relative consensus on the goals hides the underlying controversy surrounding the means. Today there are conflicting views about the changes required in agricultural models to achieve the ultimate, overarching goal of sustainable agriculture by 2030. What change is needed in the agricultural sector? And for what change in the economy? The objective of this policy brief is to explore the consequences, for official development assistance (ODA) operators, of this universal question that the post-2015 agenda raises in every country.
