Sustainable agricultural practices (SDG 2.4.1) No data available
Proportion of agricultural area under productive and sustainable agriculture.
Secure genetic resources for food (SDG 2.5.1) Change in a positive direction
Number of plant and animal genetic resources for food and agriculture secured in either medium or long-term conservation facilities.
Number of local breeds for which sufficient genetic resources are stored for reconstitution
10 20 30 40 50 60
0 World Western Europe
Source: Peter Prokosch, 2014 (GRID-Arendal) Tier II; Custodian agency: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Agriculture is necessary to feed the world’s growing population; however, it also adds pressure on natural resources, including water, forest, wetlands, and other ecosystems. In order to reduce the impact of agriculture on the environment while still providing food security, agricultural systems need to be more sustainable and equitable. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has identified five principles for sustainability in food and agriculture, including improving resource efficiency for sustainable agriculture, environmental protection, and conservation; promoting rural livelihoods, equity and well-being; building resilience through sustainable agriculture; and improving agricultural governance mechanisms (FAO 2014). Measuring the proportion of agricultural land that is being managed according to the principles of sustainable agriculture remains a challenge and there is a lack of information on sustainable agriculture in practice around the world.
2018 Southern Europe Europe Europe and Northern America
Source: UNSD 2018 Tier I; Custodian agency: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Genetic diversity is important for reducing vulnerability to plant disease, for climate change adaptation, for promoting nutrition, and for ensuring long- term agricultural productivity (FAO 2017). Current agricultural practices largely depend on wheat, maize, and rice in terms of crops and cattle, sheep, goat, pigs, and chicken in terms of livestock – these crops represent an estimated half of all calories consumed and these forms of livestock represent one-third of all protein consumed, globally (FAO 2017). In recent years, there has been a number of global efforts to ensure that genetic diversity is not lost by storing genetic resources. Currently, nearly half of local agricultural breeds have been stored for reconstitution. This represents a significant attempt to store genetic resources and to achieve this target. However, the storage of genetic resources is not consistent across regions. Eastern Europe is storing less than 10 per cent of genetic resources and no data are available for many parts of the world.
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