Why sustainable diets for all (SD4ALL) in the context of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?

The month of June is here and with it some optimism in the air…a renewed realization of our interconnectedness with Nature and the need to embrace a “systems thinking approach to make progress in achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  • Why is there an urgent need to change from the current industrial chemical farming system of food production to agro-ecological local and non-chemical farming system?
  • It is because the later is more aligned to the goals of the SDGs and is in tandem with natural rhythms and cycles. It ensures affordable, accessible, available and acceptable (4A’s) sustainable diets, for all people.
  • Here is an example of community based advocacy for change, from Burkina Faso, on combating threats to sustainable ecosystems: