The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development created 17 Sustainable Development Goals and 169 targets, and was endorsed by all 191 United Nations (UN) in 2015. The main objective of these SDGs is to promote prosperity while protecting the planet [1]. This paper tries to project the idea to address more than half of the SDGs directly and the rest indirectly by working on just one area, i.e., farming. Farming that integrates the newest technology and sustainability throughout the crop cycle can help in achieving the SDGs. The SDGs that may be addressed directly through smart farming are Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 10: Reduced Inequality, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land, and Goal 17: Partnerships to achieve the Goals. To assist in addressing the mentioned SDGs, this paper suggests a suitable sustainable approach to be used at major stages of the crop lifecycle and then maps the Key Impact Areas of Farming onto the SDGs to show the impact of agriculture on the SDGs and that improving agriculture will impact SDGs the most.
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Impact of Farming on achieving Sustainable Development Goals
Published:
20 October 2025
by MDPI
in The 3rd International Online Conference on Agriculture
session Climate-Smart Agriculture: Practices, Determinants, Productivity, and Efficiency
Abstract:
Keywords: Crop Lifecycle, Development Goal, Farming, Farming Smartly, Key Impact Area of Farming, Sustainable, Sustainable Farming.
