Sustainable agriculture’s inclusion in the approved sustainable development goals will likely shine a renewed spotlight on the need to improve the sector in which many of the world’s poor are employed.
While the targets set under SDG 2 — double the agricultural productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers, ensure sustainable food production systems, and increase investment in agricultural research and extension services, among others — seem to be a tall order, the costs and consequences of foregoing agriculture in the post-2015 development agenda could be even higher.
Devex dug into the project-level data for donor-funded agricultural activities and looked into ongoing projects to learn more about what’s going on in the sector. Below is a snapshot of some of the most interesting projects from agriculture’s top donors.
About the author
Anna Patricia Valerio
Anna Patricia Valerio is a former Manila-based development analyst who focused on writing innovative, in-the-know content for senior executives in the international development community. Before joining Devex, Patricia wrote and edited business, technology and health stories for BusinessWorld, a Manila-based business newspaper.
