The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Throughout the Sustainable Development Goals process, the International Agri-Food Network has been engaged in the negotiations. As part of the Global Business Alliance, we have placed a priority on the 5 Ps: People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace, and Partnership.
The SDGs place People-centred approaches at the core of the development aspirations of the UN. Agriculture programs are needed that are ‘farmer-centred and knowledge-based’ so that the full potential of farmers, both men and women can be harnessed. Farmers need access to land, water, knowledge, inputs, and credit to grow a crop and functioning markets to sell their products.
It starts with primary producers and touches every person on the planet.
View the SDG Implementation Case Studies
Learn more on the UN SDG website
Updates & Recent News:
Business for 2030 / Partnerships for SDGs
The Agenda 2030 is an excellent opportunity for the private sector to demonstrate the central role it plays in the eradication of hunger. Given that Goal 2 will be one of the seven Goals to be reviewed during the 2017 HLPF, all PSM members are invited to submit case-studies of approximately 1-2 pages in length, that comply with the UN’s SMART criteria (specific, measurable, achievable, resource-based, with time-bound deliveries) and are related primarily to Goal 2 and its targets.
Members are invited to upload them to the Business for 2030 website here:
Business for 2030 / Partnerships for SDGS – Registration Form
Agriculture and Food Day
Agriculture & Food Day took place in 2017 to raise awareness of the critical need for investment in Goal 2 and its interlinkages with the other goals under focus. The day included a thematically-focused plenary session, a series of roundtable discussions on interlinkages in SDGs, and a dynamic luncheon featuring youth in agriculture.
HLPF on SDG Business 2030
The High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development is United Nations central platform for the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals, adopted at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit on 25 September 2015. The Forum, which adopts a Ministerial Declaration, provided political leadership, guidance and recommendations on the 2030 Agenda’s implementation and follow-up; keep track of progress of the SDGs; spur coherent policies informed by evidence, science and country experiences; as well as address new and emerging issues.
FAO Four Betters and the Strategic Framework
FAO released their Global Strategic Framework that outlined an emphasis on Four Betters; Better Production, Better Nutrition, Better Environment, and Better Life. The International Agri-Food Network had an opportunity to highlight some of the work they are doing through the following case studies.
Case Studies & Reference Documents:
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Case Study – Cargill becomes first global supplier to commit entire edible oils portfolio to WHO’s best practice on iTFAs
Company accelerates effort to remove iTFAs by end of 2023; Stands ready to help customers eliminate iTFAs from national food supplies.
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IAFN – Strengthening ECOSOC – 2020
The unfolding pandemic crisis has challenged national governments, the international community and the private sector in fundamental ways. All attention is now turned to meeting urgent health and economic needs of people. Launching a global COVID-19 response is now an imperative and overarching focus for the United Nations, as it is for global business.
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IAFN – Louis Dreyfus Foundation Activity Report – 2018
Hunger is on the rise again. According to the FAO, in 2017 an estimated 821 million, or roughly one in nine, people in the world lacked sufficient food to lead an active and healthy life (down from 900 million in 2000 but up from the previous year), and almost 10% of the global population was exposed to severe food insecurity.
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SDG – Partnership Forum – Final Report
The role of the private sector and the role of partnerships have been gaining recognition in the context of development strategies and international policy-making. SDG Goal 2 “By 2030, end hunger and ensure access by all people, in particular the poor and people in vulnerable situations, including infants, to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year round” and 17 “Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership of sustainable development”, as well as the report of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, the FAO, IFAD and WFP strategies for partnership with the private sector provide a clear call to action for delivering global partnerships for sustainable development.
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WBCSD SDG Sector Roadmaps
This framework leads companies through a process of establishing their sector’s current level of interaction with the SDGs throughout the value chain; identifying the sector’s most significant opportunities for impact; and establishing key action items and monitoring systems in order to chart a course towards the sector’s 2030 vision. The framework has been refined with experience gained through the piloting of these guidelines with a coalition of leading WBCSD member companies and industry associations from the chemical sector, who have been early pioneers of the methodology and will release their own roadmap later this year.
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SDG WBCSD Guide to the Sustainable Development Goals
While ultimately it is governments who are being asked to deliver the SDGs, the simple fact is that this critical agenda cannot be realized without effective engagement by the private sector. Business has a critical role to play as: a source of finance; a driver of innovation and technology; an engine of economic growth and employment. Download the full report.
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HLPF – IAFN Intervention Post EGM Briefing
International Agri-Food Network (IAFN) intervention at the briefing on the Expert Group Meeting on SGD2
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PSM – Partnership Forum on SDGs – Presentation
PSM Presentation from the PSM Partnership Forum on SDGs in Rome, Italy – October, 2016.
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SDGs – PSM Statement
Statement on Sustainable Development Goals by the International Agri-Food Network on behalf of the Private Sector Mechanism – October 13, 2015
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IAFN – Solutions from the Land Case Study: Ag Renaissance – 2021
Solutions from the Land (SfL) farmers, ranchers and forestry leaders and their partners today issued a white paper that lays out a vision for an agricultural renaissance in this century and offers a model for constructing sustainable and resilient systems across working landscapes to counter growing interlinked global food security, nutrition, health and climate challenges.
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Case Study – Cashew Nut Tree Rejuvenation and Rehabilitation Project – ETG
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Case Study – Dairy Nourishes Africa – Global Dairy Platform
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Case Study – Democratization of Digital – Costa Rica – Digital Ag Association
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Case Study – Fresh Greens – Self Employed Women’s Association
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Case Study – Improving Animal Health Production to Achieve ‘One Health’ – Elanco Animal Health
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Case Study – Innovative Technologies for Better Soils and Nutrient Recovery – International Fertilizer Association
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Case Study – Reducing Global Malnutrition, One Egg at a Time – Sight and Life
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Case Study – Seeding the Future: Global Food Systems Challenge – IFT
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Case Study – Water Quality Management in In-Pond Raceway Systems – U.S. Soybean Export Council
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Links of Interest
The Global Business Alliance for 2030 | http://www.gbafor2030.org/
SDG Business Forum website | http://www.sdgbusinessforum.com/
USCIB’s Business for 2030 website | http://bit.ly/1NknTeD
UN’s High Level Political Forum website | http://bit.ly/1BSEj9K