The purpose of this paper is to summarize the challenges and the practical successes that a selected number of countries are experiencing in moving towards “climate smart” agriculture while addressing the needs of food security and broader development. It complements papers on technologies and policy instruments (FAO), research (CGIAR), and farmer’s perspective (IFAP). The paper summarizes key messages and includes summaries of country experiences. The paper also looks briefly at how the broader policy environment affects country programs, at the newer financing instruments for both food security and climate smart growth, and the extent to which countries have been able to leverage and combine these.