Jean-Marc Faurès FAO Strategic Programme 2

‘Sustainable agriculture’

FIRST WebinarImplementing Sustainable Food and Agriculture in the Context of the 2030 Agenda

Placing Food and Agriculture on the national SDGs agenda

•

2015: a turning point for Sustainable Development

The SDGs represent a shift in the world’s vision and approach to development:

Country-driven and country-owned – Drafted and negotiated by countries

Universal – the 2030 Agenda is as relevant to developed as it is to developing nations

Indivisible – no one goal is separate from the others, and all call for comprehensive and participatory approaches

Inclusive – engages all State and non-State actors (private sector, civil society)

17 Goals 169 Targets 231 Indicators

SDGs: A new ambitious world vision

Food and Agriculture matters to

all SDGs

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

SDG1 SDG2 SDG3 SDG4 SGD5 SDG6 SDG7 SDG8 SDG9 SDG10 SDG11 SDG12 SDG13 SDG14 SDG15 SDG16 SDG17

Mapping the role of food and agriculture in the SDGs

Number of SDG Target indicators associated with FAO Strategic Framework 2018-21

SDGs, how to engage agriculture?

• Countries need to put agriculture at the center of national development strategies

• Agriculture must be considered for the many SDGs and targets to which itcontributes, not only production

• Agriculture must fully integrate the socialand environmental dimensions of sustainability

Five principles to guide the policy dialogue

• Raise awareness on the 2030 Agenda and the role of food and agriculture

• Understand and link to SDG process in the country• Map SDGs to national plans: ‘domestication’; set

priorities, link to UNDAF and FAO-CPF• Mainstream the principles of sustainable food and

agriculture in the policy discussion• Develop mechanisms for inclusive stakeholder

engagement, create ownership and foster cross-sectoral dialogue

• Develop partnerships and mobilize means of implementation

• Help developing monitoring capacity, and report onresults and challenges.

Supporting SDG implementation in countries

• Indonesia: setting an Expert Council that includes all relevant stakeholders from different ministries, agencies, academia, CSOs and private sector.

• Georgia: Government’s Annual work plan has been amended in order to incorporate the 11 prioritized SDGs.

• Kenya: 3rd Medium Term Plan (MTP) aligned with the SDGs.

• Dominican Republic: Creation of Inter-Institutional High Level Commission for Sustainable Development, and of UN Interagency Commission for follow-up 2030 Agenda.

• Rwanda: efforts to align EU Result-framework in the country with SDG indicators

Example of process at country level

SDG Monitoring

50 indicators linked to food and agriculture

1. TIER 1: Well established methodology; data available.• ex: 2.1.1. Prevalence of undernourishment

2. TIER 2: Well established methodology; few data available• ex: 2.c.1. Indicator of food price anomalies

3. TIER 3: Methodology not yet established; no data available• ex: 2.4.1. Proportion of agricultural area under productive and

sustainable agriculture

SDG indicators: three types

1. Development, testing and validation of Tier III indicators

2. Capacity development of countries to produce the indicators• At technical level• At institutional level

3. Collecting, validating, harmonizing and publishing data from countries

Supporting national SDG monitoring

http://www.fao.org/sustainable-development-goals/en/

http://fao.org/sustainability

Thank you