Measuring progress towards sustainable agriculture

Tubiello, F.N., Wanner, N., Asprooth, L., Mueller, M, Ignaciuk, A., Khan, A. A., Rosero  Moncayo, J.

Measuring progress towards sustainable agriculture

Year of publication 2021

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 48 p.

Author Tubiello, F.N., Wanner, N., Asprooth, L., Mueller, M, Ignaciuk, A., Khan, A. A., Rosero Moncayo, J.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 978-92-5-134364-7

Series title FAO Statistics Working Paper Series

Series number No. 21-24

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) This paper presents a new methodological approach aimed at measuring progress towards sustainable agriculture in countries and across agri-food systems typologies, by measuring socio-economic and environmental dimensions with available national statistics, with sixteen indicators defined and constructed from FAOSTAT data. A trend analysis is carried out at country level over the time series 1961-2018, with country results aggregated by four agri-food systems typologies: traditional; land-intensive and capital-intensive mixed systems; and modern food systems. The analysis provides a novel framework for the analysis of progress in achieving sustainable agriculture by country and agri-food system type, that can be implemented effectively and allows for exploring solutions across development pathways.

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Tubiello, F.N., Wanner, N., Asprooth, L., Mueller, M, Pan, X., Ignaciuk, A., Khan, A. A. & Rosero Moncayo, J., 2021. Measuring progress towards sustainable agriculture. FAO Statistics Working Paper 21-24. Rome, FAO.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cb4549en

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