Enhancing country capacity for NDC implementation in the agriculture sectors The Paris Agreement constitutes a landmark achievement in the international response to climate change. Developed and developing countries alike committed in 2015 to do their part in the transition to a low-emissions and climate-resilient future, as expressed in countries? Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). 
With significant mitigation potential and high priority in terms of adaptation in developing countries, the agriculture sectors feature prominently, in particular in the NDCs of developing countries. 
However, to effectively deliver on their commitments, these countries will have to address a number of sector-specific barriers and challenges that, if left unaddressed, will inhibit efforts to push climate action in the agricultural sectors to scale.
In addition, countries were clear in their NDCs about their capacity building needs for implementation. They refer to the need for enhanced capacities to: engage stakeholders and facilitate inclusive planning and implementation processes; formulate new strategies, policies and laws; revise existing national policies and plans, including by mainstreaming climate change considerations; monitor and evaluate interventions; and to track GHG emissions and sinks, as well as adaptation needs and progress. 
FAO, in the context of its corporate Strategy on Climate Change, has committed to assist them in this endeavour. Support for