Equitable access to adequate food and nutrition for all

Sustainable, regenerative agriculture & soil health

Sustainable approaches to food production that deliver positive outcomes for people, nature, and climate (including agroecology, organic, regenerative and nature-positive approaches, and sustainable aquaculture). While terminology varies, the unifying aim is a transition towards food production systems that deliver measurable outcomes across soil health, water use, biodiversity, climate resilience, and farmer livelihoods.

Axis: Transforming Agriculture and Food Systems

Key Objective: Equitable access to adequate food and nutrition for all

Why it matters

Agriculture is the bedrock of global food and economic security, providing jobs, livelihoods, and sustenance for billions of people worldwide. Yet our agriculture and food systems are also major drivers of environmental harm—responsible for around 90% of tropical deforestation, a third of global emissions, and the primary driver of biodiversity loss. At the same time, they are highly vulnerable to climate impacts and input shocks, compounding risks for farmers, businesses, and investors, and undermining the resilience of food systems. Sustainable, regenerative agriculture is increasingly recognized as a promising, pro-farmer solution, offering the potential to deliver attractive investment returns, higher and more stable farmer incomes, greater food and water security, more local jobs, increased biodiversity, and reduced carbon emissions. This is part of a broader transition to a more productive agricultural and land-use system that regenerates natural capital rather than depleting it.

1.) Agriculture provides livelihoods for billions of people.

2.) Agriculture and food systems are responsible for a third of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

3.) They are also the single largest driver of biodiversity loss, responsible for 90% of tropical deforestation.

4.) Agricultural productivity is projected to decrease by 25% compared to a no-climate-change scenario.

90%

90% of tropical deforestation is attributed to agriculture and food systems

25%

25% decrease in agricultural productivity compared to a no-climate-change scenario

1.) FAO, The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2025

2.) M. Crippa et al, 2021, Nature, Food systems are responsible for a third of global anthropogenic GHG emissions

3.) F. Pendrill et al, 2022, Sience, Disentangling the numbers behind agriculture-driven tropical deforestation

4.) CGD, 2007, World Agriculture Faces Serious Decline from Global Warming