This report seeks to elevate discussion of the interconnected dimensions of sustainable agriculture, food security and climate change, and to communicate the importance of investments in self-sustaining rural development, as well as in new tools and information systems to support governance of sustainable agriculture and the food system. In addition, it emphasizes the need for a revitalized global architecture for agreeing and delivering essential investments in sustainable agriculture and food systems; an architecture that incorporates lessons learned about the importance of ‘bottom-up’ approaches with strong connections to global policy development. This means striving to move beyond ‘silos’ and building linkages among policy processes.