New thinking and action is needed to steer public and private investment toward innovative R&D on the sustainable use of soil, water, and agro-biodiversity; toward improvements in rural infrastructure and services; toward capacity building to create a critical mass of leaders for sustainable agricultural development; toward systematization and scaling of successful payment for ecosystem services, carbon, and REDD+ experiences; and toward the development and broad-scale application of metric systems to monitor compliance with voluntary and mandatory standards systems in terms of economic, social, and environmental performance.