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04.06.2014 |

Zero draft of proposed Sustainable Development Goals released

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One target is to increase small farmers' incomes (Photo: UN Photo/Kibae Park)

The UN Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals has released a list of goals and targets to succeed the Millennium Development Goals in 2015. After several rounds of consultation, the Co-Chairs issued the “zero draft”, which contains 17 proposed sustainable development goals (SDGs) to be attained by 2030, as well as associated targets. As compared with a previous working document, the draft now includes a goal on reducing “inequality within and among countries”. Proposed goal two is “to end hunger, achieve food security and adequate nutrition for all, and promote sustainable agriculture”. It includes 11 targets, among them ensuring “that all people have access to adequate, safe, affordable, and nutritious food all year round by 2030” and ending malnutrition in all its forms, such as undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies and obesity and overweight. The document calls for substantially increasing “small-scale food producers’ incomes and productivity, including small family farmers, pastoralists and fishers, with a particular focus on women” – without specifying what “substantially” means – and for ensuring their access to “adequate inputs, knowledge and productive resources, financial services and markets”. Further targets are: making food systems “more productive, sustainable, resilient and efficient” by 2030 and reducing food waste at retail and consumer level, as well as production and post-harvest losses by 50%. Moreover, the document calls for measures to be implemented that curb excessive food price volatility and ensure proper functioning of markets. The next OWG session will take place on 16-20 June. In the meantime, delegations will have the opportunity to voice their opinion on the zero draft's goals, targets, and means of implementation during informal consultations.

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