Thematic Areas
SDG2 Roadmap
A thematic working group of the GDPRD since 2019, the SDG 2 Roadmap Working Group is an informal group of senior officials from different donor agencies that are active in agriculture and food and nutrition security. Chaired by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the group shares a common vision for eliminating rural poverty, hunger and malnutrition through sustainable agriculture-led growth that does not exceed planetary boundaries.
The group aims to work towards developing consensus among donors on a road map for achieving SDG 2, fully aware that SDG2 contains multiple linkages with other SDGs and that making progress on sustainable agriculture and food and nutrition security implies taking a holistic perspective. The group emphasizes that addressing climate change and maintaining focus on the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C target is crucial for the fulfilment of SDG2.
Thematic Areas
SDG2 Roadmap
A thematic working group of the GDPRD since 2019, the SDG 2 Roadmap Working Group is an informal group of senior officials from different donor agencies that are active in agriculture and food and nutrition security. Chaired by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the group shares a common vision for eliminating rural poverty, hunger and malnutrition through sustainable agriculture-led growth that does not exceed planetary boundaries.
The group aims to work towards developing consensus among donors on a road map for achieving SDG 2, fully aware that SDG2 contains multiple linkages with other SDGs and that making progress on sustainable agriculture and food and nutrition security implies taking a holistic perspective. The group emphasizes that addressing climate change and maintaining focus on the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C target is crucial for the fulfilment of SDG2.
Group objectives
Sustainable agricultural development that enables small-scale food producers to double agricultural productivity and incomes (SDG 2.3) while maintaining ecosystems that strengthen capacity for adaption to climate change (SDG 2.4) is the primary focus of this group. For this purpose, we will develop a consensus among donors on a roadmap for achieving SDG2 that will:
Develop an evidence base for improved decision-making.
Provide a framework for coordination on key action areas.
Generate political support and mobilize funding for agriculture, food security and nutrition, and sustainable food systems transformation.
Talking about the SDG2 Roadmap
Talking about the SDG2 Roadmap
Overview
Global hunger spiked sharply at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and has remained at stubbornly high levels over the last two years, affecting about 9.2% of the world population in 2022 compared with 7.9% in 2019.
The goal to end hunger and malnutrition by 2030 will not be fulfilled by continuing business-as-usual. Current global trends – increasing conflict, variable weather patterns driven by climate change, constrained resources, limited access to productive resources, income and technology, and a growing population in many regions – threaten worldwide food and nutrition security.
Given that agricultural production is heavily impacting climate change and vice versa, we recognize the urgency of aligning agrifood systems transformation with climate action. As a donor community, we want to increase our development impact, catalyse additional resources, and spur policy changes and actions to realize SDG2, in support of country-led efforts.
As the SDG 2 Roadmap Working Group, we make recommendations and strive to convince our partners and other stakeholders that further action to achieve SDG2 – within the constraints of 1.5°C of climate change – is urgently needed until 2030.
