The Sustainable Development Goals â adopted by the UN General Assembly in September 2015 â are an ambitious set of 17 overarching global goals to combat poverty and achieve sustainable development. They set the ambition of ending poverty âin all its forms,everywhereâ, while leaving no-one behind. They represent a powerful opportunity to improve the lives of the 1.3 billion small scale farmers and agricultural workers upon whom the world depends to produce our food and protect our planet.
The...
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