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TRANSFORMING . FOOD AND. AGRICULTURE . TO ACHIEVE. THE sdgs 20 interconnected actions to guide decision-makers These guidelines are primarily directed towards decision-makers responsible for integrating the goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development into national policies and programmes. They will be of value to public and private actors, including investors, researchers and technical practitioners, involved in the broad area of food and AGRICULTURE , and rural development. Complementing FAO's Common Vision for Sustainable Food and AGRICULTURE and its five principles, this publication presents 20 practical and interconnected actions with the aim of TRANSFORMING food and AGRICULTURE and driving achievement across the Sustainable Development Goals ( sdgs ). TRANSFORMING . FOOD AND. AGRICULTURE . TO ACHIEVE. THE sdgs 20 interconnected actions to guide decision-makers FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS. Rome, 2018.

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1 TRANSFORMING . FOOD AND. AGRICULTURE . TO ACHIEVE. THE sdgs 20 interconnected actions to guide decision-makers These guidelines are primarily directed towards decision-makers responsible for integrating the goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development into national policies and programmes. They will be of value to public and private actors, including investors, researchers and technical practitioners, involved in the broad area of food and AGRICULTURE , and rural development. Complementing FAO's Common Vision for Sustainable Food and AGRICULTURE and its five principles, this publication presents 20 practical and interconnected actions with the aim of TRANSFORMING food and AGRICULTURE and driving achievement across the Sustainable Development Goals ( sdgs ). TRANSFORMING . FOOD AND. AGRICULTURE . TO ACHIEVE. THE sdgs 20 interconnected actions to guide decision-makers FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS. Rome, 2018.

2 The designations employed and the presentation of material in this information product do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and AGRICULTURE Organization of the United Nations (FAO) concerning the legal or development status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The mention of specific companies or products of manufacturers, whether or not these have been patented, does not imply that these have been endorsed or recommended by FAO in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. The views expressed in this information product are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of FAO. ISBN 978-92-5-130626-0. FAO, 2018. FAO encourages the use, reproduction and dissemination of material in this information product. Except where otherwise indicated, material may be copied, downloaded and printed for private study, research and teaching purposes, or for use in non-commercial products or services, provided that appropriate acknowledgement of FAO as the source and copyright holder is given and that FAO's endorsement of users' views, products or services is not implied in any way.

3 All requests for translation and adaptation rights, and for resale and other commercial use rights should be made via or addressed to FAO information products are available on the FAO website ( ). and can be purchased through Contents Executive summary 4 13. Prevent and protect against shocks: enhance resilience 45. Mainstreaming sustainable 14. Prepare for and respond to shocks 47. food and AGRICULTURE 6. 15. Address and adapt to climate change 49. A vision for sustainable 16. Strengthen ecosystem resilience 51. food and AGRICULTURE 8. 17. Enhance policy dialogue and coordination 53. 5 principles, 20 actions 9. 18. Strengthen innovation systems 56. Mapping actions to sdgs 12. 19. Adapt and improve investment and finance 58. 20 Actions 14. 20. Strengthen the enabling environment 1. Facilitate access to productive resources, and reform the institutional framework 61. finance and services 16. Measuring progress 64. 2. Connect smallholders to markets 18.

4 Policy support tools 68. 3. Encourage diversification of production and income 21. Contributions to SDG targets 71. 4. Build producers' knowledge and develop their capacities 24. 5. Enhance soil health and restore land 27. 6. Protect water and manage scarcity 29. 7. Mainstream biodiversity conservation and protect ecosystem functions 31. 8. Reduce losses, encourage reuse and recycle, and promote sustainable consumption 34. 9. Empower people and fight inequalities 36. 10. Promote secure tenure rights 38. 11. Use social protection tools to enhance productivity and income 41. 12. Improve nutrition and promote balanced diets 43. 3. T R A N S F O R M I N G F O O D A N D A G R I C U LT U R E. Executive summary F. ood and AGRICULTURE stand combination of limited access to land today at a crossroads. and resources and rising numbers of Looking back, major crises, conflicts and disasters, many improvements in as a consequence of climate change. agricultural productivity have been recorded over recent decades to Looking ahead, the path to inclusive satisfy the food demand of a growing prosperity is clearly marked by global population.

5 But progress the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable has often come with social and Development. Overcoming the environmental costs, including water complex challenges that the world scarcity, soil degradation, ecosystem faces requires transformative stress, biodiversity loss, decreasing action, embracing the principles fish stocks and forest cover, and of sustainability and tackling high levels of greenhouse gas the root causes of poverty and emissions. The productive potential hunger to leave no one behind. of our natural resources base has been damaged in many places As the prime connection around the globe, compromising between people and the planet, the future fertility of the planet. food and AGRICULTURE can help achieve multiple Sustainable Today, 815 million people are Development Goals ( sdgs ). hungry, and every third person Properly nourished, children can is malnourished, reflecting a learn, people can lead healthy and food system out of balance.

6 Productive lives and societies can Distress migration is at levels prosper. By nurturing our land and unprecedented for more than adopting sustainable AGRICULTURE , 70 years as the social cohesion present and future generations will and cultural traditions of rural be able to feed a growing population. populations are threatened by a AGRICULTURE , covering crops, livestock, 4. aquaculture, fisheries and forests, that are based on evidence, is the world's biggest employer, experience, technical expertise and largest economic sector for many collective knowledge within FAO. countries, while providing the main These actions embrace the 2030. source of food and income for the Agenda's vision of sustainable extreme poor. Sustainable food and development in which food and AGRICULTURE have great potential AGRICULTURE , people's livelihoods to revitalize the rural landscape, and the management of natural deliver inclusive growth to resources are addressed not countries and drive positive change separately but as one; a future right across the 2030 Agenda.

7 Where the focus is not solely on the end goal but also on the means Written with national policymakers used to achieve it; and a setting and development actors primarily where public and private actors in mind, this guide presents a set of participate in legitimizing, engage actions to speed up the transformation in shaping and work towards to sustainable food and AGRICULTURE achieving development solutions. 5. T R A N S F O R M I N G F O O D A N D A G R I C U LT U R E. Mainstreaming sustainable food and AGRICULTURE M. ainstreaming sustainable food and AGRICULTURE into national development strategies and action plans requires setting up a process and a functioning institutional structure. While not intended as a standard, the course below offers decision-makers one possible route towards SDG implementation. It complements the process outlined in the UNDG Reference Guide on Mainstreaming the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which offers a common platform for SDG work at country level.

8 Address contentious challenges and contradictory interests Engage sustainable food and AGRICULTURE with the broader SDG Engage process in the stakeholders in country cross-sectoral and Mobilize multidisciplinary key players dialogue on sdgs Raise awareness of the sdgs and their implications on food BUILDING. BUILDING and AGRICULTURE A JOINT. POLITICAL VISION AND. MOMENTUM ACTION PLAN. 6. Amend budget frameworks and Build capacity mobilize funding and take action for implementation at all levels Develop an action plan Strengthen towards sustainable statistical capacity food and AGRICULTURE Mobilize private on data related to sector and civil sdgs and SFA. society and enhance partnerships Develop a Integrate sdgs in joint vision on policies, programmes sustainable food and action plans and AGRICULTURE TRANSLATING. VISION INTO. ACTION. TO ACCELERATE. CHANGE. T R A N S F O R M I N G F O O D A N D A G R I C U LT U R E. A vision for sustainable food and AGRICULTURE A.

9 World where food economic and environmental is nutritious and dimensions of sustainability, accessible for and provides a basis for developing everyone, in which adapted policies, strategies, natural resources are managed in regulations and incentives. a way that maintains ecosystem functions to support current and future human needs. In this vision, FIVE KEY PRINCIPLES. farmers, pastoralists, fisher-folk, foresters and other rural dwellers Increase productivity, actively participate in, and benefit from, economic development, have 1 employment and value addition in food systems decent employment conditions and 2. work in a fair price environment. Protect and enhance Women, men and communities natural resources live in food security, and have control over their livelihoods and Improve livelihoods equitable access to resources which they use in an efficient way. 3 and foster inclusive economic growth Informing FAO's work to promote Enhance the resilience sustainability in production systems, this common vision has 4 of people, communities and ecosystems been translated into an approach that can support and accelerate the transition to more sustainable food and AGRICULTURE systems.

10 The approach is based on five 5 Adapt governance to new challenges principles that balance the social, 8. 5 principles, 20 actions A. ligned to FAO's growth, urban regeneration five principles of and natural resource wealth. sustainable food and AGRICULTURE , this Feeding the 10 billion people projected guide outlines 20 actions, each to live on planet earth in 2050 must describing approaches, practices, aim to go beyond producing more policies and tools that interlink with less to balancing the focus multiple sdgs , integrate the on quality and diversity, linking three dimensions of sustainable productivity to sustainability and development economic growth, addressing the needs of people. social inclusion and environmental protection and involve participation A fundamental premise for and partnerships among different delivering sustainable food and actors. Context-specific but AGRICULTURE is the creation of an universally relevant, the actions are enabling policy environment and designed to support countries in the need for sectoral ministries selecting and prioritizing resources to change the way they work to accelerate progress.


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