Target 2.4: Sustainable food production and resilient agricultural practices
By 2030, ensure sustainable food production systems and implement resilient agricultural practices that increase productivity and production, that help maintain ecosystems, that strengthen capacity for adaptation to climate change, extreme weather, drought, flooding and other disasters and that progressively improve land and soil quality.
Indicators
2.4.1: Sustainable agriculture
Definition
The indicator measures the sustainability of agricultural holdings at the national level. It is a multi-dimensional concept, assessed through 11 sub-indicators that reflect the three dimensions of sustainability: environmental, economic, and social. Further details on the methodology can be found here.
The scope of Indicator 2.4.1 is the agricultural holding, with a focus on its agricultural land area—that is, land used primarily for crop production and livestock. For each of the 11 sub-indicators, the proportion of agricultural land area is reported separately by sustainability status.
At the national level, results are aggregated for each sub-indicator independently by summing the agricultural land area of all holdings.