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purchase or rent machinery at competitive prices relative to their labor cost and, in
addition, lack the market insight needed to capture better prices for their produce.
This contributes to high rates of rural poverty and food insecurity.
2.5 Agricultural Productivity and the Sustainable
Development Goals
The United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) took effect at the
beginning of 2016, launching the countdown to achieve inclusive, sustainable development and economic growth by 2030. Many SDGs have clear implications for
agriculture, while agriculture and forestry play a central role in the strategy to
Fig. 2.3 Sources of growth in global agricultural output, 1961–2015. *Depicts data for the most
recent ten-year period. **Depicts data for the most recent five-year period. (Source: USDA
Economic Research Service (2018))
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purchase or rent machinery at competitive prices relative to their labor cost and, in
addition, lack the market insight needed to capture better prices for their produce.
This contributes to high rates of rural poverty and food insecurity.
2.5 Agricultural Productivity and the Sustainable
Development Goals
The United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) took effect at the
beginning of 2016, launching the countdown to achieve inclusive, sustainable development and economic growth by 2030. Many SDGs have clear implications for
agriculture, while agriculture and forestry play a central role in the strategy to
Fig. 2.3 Sources of growth in global agricultural output, 1961–2015. *Depicts data for the most
recent ten-year period. **Depicts data for the most recent five-year period. (Source: USDA
Economic Research Service (2018))
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