SDG 2.3 & 2.4: Sustainable agriculture

The policy priority 2.3 &2.4 knowledge base creates an open platform for those working to achieve sustainable agriculture in line with SDG2 Hub's policy priority for SDG2.3 & 2.4: Prioritise the needs of farmers to develop sustainable and climate resilient farming practices that encourage production of nutritious and diverse foods through greater investment in the following holistic ways: Innovation: Building Resilience; Delivery: Empowering Farmers; Data: Measuring Progress 

• Audience: Donor countries, implementing countries, relevant agencies, private sector
• Potential for impact: Funding commitments; awareness of the connected and interrelated partners needed to deliver SDG2.3 and SDG2.4; funding for data from World Bank.
• Role of Hub: Develop a narrative and toolkit for advocates; support specific donor markets for CGIAR, GAFSP, 50 X 2030 resource mobilisation efforts; support communications and linked events in 2019  

This knowledge base will continue to grow and be updated regularly with further updates, news and resources. Please reach out to Charlotte (charlotte@sdg2advocacyhub.org) with any additions to this platform.  
 

Updates & moments 

• July 16-- Launch of UN Decade of Family Farming 
• Mid- 2020: Germany moment 
• COP 2020 in London 

News 

• Illuminating a Dark World of Rising Hunger with Climate-Smart Crop Innovations

• Reaching Small-Scale Food Producers in The Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme (GAFSP)

• IFAD Replenishment 2020

• Ceres 2030: Sustainable Solutions to End Hunger

Resources

• IFAD Poverty Report 

• FAO's Rural Livelihood Information System

• UN Decade of Family Farming: Global Action Plan

• IFAD Rural Development Report 2019

• CGIAR System Business Plan 2019-2021

• FAO SDG Tracker-- SDG 2.3.1 and SDG 2.3.2

Case Studies 

Ceres 2030 has developed a step-by-step guide to searching for interventions using the Ceres2030 dashboard. This covers 2.1, 2.3. and 2.4.   

The first round of INDCs are starting to be turned into investment strategies via initiatives like the World Bank NDC trust and the NDC partnership. 

Further Case Studies 
 

• GASFP Investment Case 2019

• Colombia: Productive and Food Secure Territories for a Peaceful and Resilient Cauca 2017 

• Côte D’Ivoire: Joint Programme on Poverty Reduction ​ in San Pedro Region​ 2018

• Ethiopia: Joint Programme on Gender Equality and Women Empowerment – Rural Women Economic Empowerment Component 2018

• Food and Land Use Coalition Case Study Catalogue Sub Saharan Africa  2019 

• Bangladesh: Strengthening Women’s Ability For Productive New Opportunities (SWAPNO)​ 2017

• Food Systems in Protracted Crises: Strengthening Resilience against Shocks and Conflicts 2018

Social media tools 

Actions 

• Share feedback on the SDG 2.3/2.4 Narrative available here or as an attachment at the bottom of the page. 

Sustainable agriculture in the SDGs: 

SDG2.3: By 2030, double the agricultural productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers, in particular women, indigenous peoples, family farmers, pastoralists and fishers, including through secure and equal access to land, other productive resources and inputs, knowledge, financial services, markets and opportunities for value addition and non-farm employment. 

 

SDG2.4: By 2030, ensure sustainable food production systems and implement resilient agricultural practices that increase productivity and production, that help maintain ecosystems, that strengthen capacity for adaptation to climate change, extreme weather, drought, flooding and other disasters and that progressively improve land and soil quality.