The adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) established a vision for the future, which is as transformational as it is ambitious. They represent a determined agenda, intended to address an unprecedented confluence of pressures on human development and the global environment. Perhaps most importantly, the SDGs represent a strategy that is “integrated and indivisible”, explicitly recognizing that shifting the course of human history onto a sustainable pathway will require new thinking in how we tackle complex problems which transcend sectors and scale.
This vision for integration is also at the heart of FAO’s strategy for sustainable food and agriculture. While the principles of boosting the efficiency of food systems, conserving natural ecosystems, improving livelihoods and well-being, enhancing resilience, and promoting good governance are central to this strategy, it is also recognized that they cannot be achieved in isolation from each another.
