The commitment period for the Paris Agreement in 2020 is fast approaching. In 2018, the UNFCCC will be organizing a Facilitative Dialogue (FD 2018) to take stock of collective efforts of Parties in support of achieving the 2ᵒC target and to inform the preparation of Parties’ Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). The agriculture and land-use sectors, comprising crops, livestock, fisheries, aquaculture, and forestry, feature prominently in the NDCs of most developing countries. Asia is no exception. Most developing countries in the region have identified measures to both strengthen the resilience of the agriculture sectors and reduce emissions from agriculture and land-use activities as part of their NDCs. 

Five developing countries from South and South East Asia have specifically highlighted CSA in their NDCs in acknowledgment of the potential benefits of integrated approaches for enhancing productivity, strengthening resilience and reducing emissions in the agriculture and land-use sectors and more are relying on CSA as drivers of their agricultural development programs. CSA provides new opportunities for multi- stakeholder engagement along the different stages of agriculture value chains, opening up new arenas for investment, innovation and technology dissemination. At the same time, in order to successfully achieve the implementation of NDC targets, it will be important to understand the trade-offs across various CSA policy and implementation scenarios under different timeframes (short, medium and long-term). Foresight modelling tools can play a central role in supporting decision-makers mapping policy options and understanding their respective implications.