Did the Paris Declaration bring benefits to agriculture and rural development?

The Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness of 2005 aimed to improve coherence and consistency of development policies and programmes. Six years later, which benefits can been seen in agriculture and rural development?

For agriculture and rural development (ARD), policy coherence sets a stiff challenge. The sector is usually expected to contribute to a wide range of goals. Since agriculture is carried out across large and varying areas by many private farms, the relation of policies to outcomes can be difficult to judge. Yet it is not easy to set priorities and resolve uncertainties for ARD when rural populations are often not well organised and administrative responsibility of the sector is fragmented.
Moreover, the rising importance of global concerns over higher food prices and climate change may increase the potential for incoherent policy. 

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