The new part is that progress on implementing and achieving the NDCs needs to be documented and be subject to plenary assessment underthe Global Stocktake. The process and content for providing such information is to be negotiated in the years to come, and in this work any specific mention or omission of outcomes of agricultural initiatives could be indicative of the level of action to be expected after 2020. In other words, the process promotes transparency of action in agriculture, which is an opportunity for ensuring promotion of agricultural initiatives.