Translating the Sustainable Development Goals into action: A participatory backcasting approach for developing national agricultural transformation pathways

Kanter, David; Schwoob, Marie; Baethgen, Walter E.; Bervejillo, José E.; Carriquiry, Miguel; Dobermann, A.; Ferraro, Bruno; Lanfranco, Bruno; Mondelli, Mario U.; Penengo, Cecilia; Saldías, Rodrigo; Silva, María Eugenia; Lima, Juan Manuel Soares de

doi:10.1016/j.gfs.2016.08.002

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“…Other researchers support the argument that SDGs' success should not be weighted only to global strategies but also to the adaptation and implementation that must be specific to the national context (Biermann et al, ; Le Blanc, ). Backcasting approaches—as a way to create scenarios for the achievement of sustainability goals—using, for example, local tools and expertise, seem to have a good application (Kanter et al, ), revealing the importance to face the heterogeneity of local conditions for challenging global aims (Le Blanc, ).…”

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“…Here, the backcasting approach was employed, where experts connect SDG groups to a specific desired pathway: the three pillars of SD. Backcasting in contrast with forecasting analysis is that the former identifies the steps to reach a desired future rather than the latter, which develops multiple futures (Kanter et al, ).…”

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“…Backcasting in contrast with forecasting analysis is that the former identifies the steps to reach a desired future rather than the latter, which develops multiple futures (Kanter et al, 2016).…”

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Mapping Sustainable Development Goals: A network analysis framework

Dalampira

Nastis

2019

Sustainable Development

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The sustainable development goals proposed by the United Nations in 2015 presented a new graphic depicting the s17 goals in a table‐like format. This overlaps with the original Venn diagram of sustainable development developed after 1987. The two graphics are used independently, often raising the question of how they are linked. The aim of this paper is to investigate how the Sustainable Development Goals graphic can be simplified as a concept and framework using the Venn diagram of sustainable development. We employ expert elicitation using a networking analysis framework to provide answers. The resulting diagrams provide an important step towards combining the two graphics into one.

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Mapping Sustainable Development Goals: A network analysis framework

Dalampira

Nastis

2019

Sustainable Development

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“…Agriculture needs to meet the "additional" requirements of sharing land for production of renewable materials for industries, and to tackle various environmental challenges that it is linked to: biodiversity loss, eutrophication, soil degradation and greenhouse gas emissions [1]. Increasing food production by reducing yield gaps in a changing climate, as well as reducing markedly the environmental footprint of agriculture [2] and also otherwise contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations [3,4] means that large-scale transformations and improvements are needed everywhere. Agriculture needs to be redesigned to become more productive, resource-and climate-smart, and environmentally, economically and socially sustainable [5].…”

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“…For this reason, the redesign of production systems needs to progress from the bottom up by acknowledging the variation existing at the field parcel scale. Concrete policy roadmaps are needed to support the national redesign of agricultural systems given the heterogeneity of conditions and their environmental impacts [3].…”

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Risk of Low Productivity is Dependent on Farm Characteristics: How to Turn Poor Performance into an Advantage

Peltonen‐Sainio

Jauhiainen

2019

Sustainability

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The principle role of agriculture is to produce food for the increasing human population. However, the environmental footprint needs to be simultaneously reduced. Data from the Finnish Food Authority (181,108 parcels in the south-western crop production region of Finland) were used to identify the farming system, farm type, farm size, field parcel scale, physical parcel characteristics, cultivated crops, crop rotations and cultivars. Sentinel-2 derived Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) values were used to identify fields with very low productivity. Thereby, the impacts of farm and field characteristics on risks of low NDVI values and their associated means of coping by the farmer were studied. High variations in field parcel characteristics and growth capacity were typical in the studied area. Although it is challenging for farmers, high variation can provide many opportunities for the development of multifunctional and resource-smart production systems, e.g., by optimizing land use: allocating high-quality fields for food production, and poorly performing fields for extensification, i.e., the production of environmental benefits. Many usable policy instruments are available to support such a transition, but more focus should be put onto the most efficient means to enable progress towards environmentally, economically and socially sustainable high-latitude agricultural systems.

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Sustainable Crop Production for Environmental and Human Health – The Future of Agriculture

Mustafa

Mateva

Massawe

2019

Annual Plant Reviews Online

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Producing crops sustainably is of enormous benefit. Sustainable crop production seeks to produce healthy food while taking care of the environment by working harmoniously with nature to minimise unsustainable demands on natural resources and the use of harmful chemical inputs. Over the years, crop production has gradually intensified, and our current food production model has been detrimental to the environment. Industrial agriculture has been implicated on a number of negative environmental impacts including anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation, biodiversity loss, water pollution, just to mention a few. Sustainable crop production refers to practices that minimise harmful impacts to the environment and maximise the quality of our food. It not only deals with soil health, integrated pest management and reduction in usage of pesticides but also ensures quality and safe food. Sustainable crop production practices include a focus on soil health, irrigation and water use, seed selection, minimal chemical use, and diversifying landscapes; and if practised correctly, it has the potential to lower greenhouse gas emission and carbon footprint and contribute to improved human and environmental health. We assess the potentials and limitations of various factors that influence sustainability in crop production, the feasibility of making such factors/approaches viable, and the organisational, governance, and policy frameworks required to enable sustainability in crop production at a globally significant scale.

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Translating the Sustainable Development Goals into action: A participatory backcasting approach for developing national agricultural transformation pathways

Cited by 92 publications

References 18 publications

Mapping Sustainable Development Goals: A network analysis framework

Mapping Sustainable Development Goals: A network analysis framework

Risk of Low Productivity is Dependent on Farm Characteristics: How to Turn Poor Performance into an Advantage

Sustainable Crop Production for Environmental and Human Health – The Future of Agriculture

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