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SDG 02 - Zero Hunger
Indicator 2.3.2 Average income of small-scale food producers, by sex and indigenous status

This indicator refers to the average income of small-scale food producers employed in the farming, pastoral and forestry sectors. Data will be disaggregated by sex and indigenous status. The indicator will measure progress towards SDG Target 2.3.

Target 2.3

By 2030, double the agricultural productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers, in particular women, indigenous peoples, family farmers, pastoralists and fishers, including through secure and equal access to land, other productive resources and inputs, knowledge, financial services, markets and opportunities for value addition and nonfarm employment.

Indicator 2.3.2: Progress Assessment
Impact
Together with indicator 2.3.1, it offers a complete breakdown of who small-scale producers are, what they earn and how much they produce. These indicators are vital for government efforts to drive the nation’s economy, eliminate hunger and poverty and reduce inequality.
Key results

The incomes of small-scale food producers continue to lag behind those of their larger-scale counterparts, with an average annual income less than half that of large-scale food producers in 90 percent of the reported countries.

According to the latest available country figures, the incomes of small-scale food producers continue to lag behind those of larger-scale producers. In the majority of countries reported (64.4 percent), the small-scale food producer annual income from agriculture is less than USD 1 500 (constant PPP 2017) while in all of them, it is less than 4 500 USD (constant PPP 2017). In addition, in 90 percent of reported countries, small scale food producers show an average annual income of less than half that of large-scale food producers.

Among small-scale food producers, the income of men-headed production units is systematically larger than the income of those headed by women. In about half of the countries with available data, women-headed small-scale food production units gained an income of between 50 and 75 percent of the income of those headed by men. Despite the fact that the productivity of women is on par with that of men, their income is much lower.

Elearning
SDG Indicators 2.3.1 and 2.3.2 - Labour Productivity and Income of Small-scale Food Producers
02/06/2023

This course has been developed to support countries in computing and monitoring Indicators 

Multimedia
SDG 2 – Indicators of productivity and income of small-scale food producers
01/01/2019

An overview of SDG indicators 2.3.1 and 2.3.2, measuring productivity and income of small-scale food producers. 

Tracking progress on food and agriculture-related SDG indicators (2022)
01/09/2022

Tracking progress on food and agriculture-related SDG indicators offers detailed analyses and trends on selected indicators for which...

Capacity development

Technical assistance in computing the SDG indicators 2.3.1, 2.3.2 and 5.a.1 in Zambia
19/06/2023 - 28/06/2023

The FAO Regional Office for Africa and the Office of the Chief Statistician organized a series of training sessions in June 2023 to assist the Zambia...

Technical assistance in computing the SDG indicators 2.3.1, 2.3.2 and 5.a.1 in The Gambia
02/05/2023 - 12/05/2023

The FAO Regional Office for Africa and the Office of the Chief Statistician organized a series of training sessions in May 2023 to assist the Gambia...

Technical assistance in computing the SDG indicators 2.3.1, 2.3.2 and 5.a.1 in Eswatini
11/04/2023 - 21/04/2023

The FAO Regional Office for Africa and the Office of the Chief Statistician organised a series of training sessions in April 2023 to assist the Central...

Virtual Event

Virtual Training on Data Disaggregation and Small Area Estimation for SDG Indicators (22-25 November 2022)
22/11/2022 - 25/11/2022

Organized by FAO's Office of Chief Statistician, the Virtual Training on Data Disaggregation and Small Area Estimation for SDG Indicators provided...

Virtual Event

Virtual Training on Data Disaggregation and Small Area Estimation for the SDGs (20-28 September 2022)
20/09/2022 - 28/09/2022

From 20 to 28 September 2022, the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific and the Office of Chief Statistician organized a virtual training...

Virtual Event

Measuring SDG indicators 2.3.1 and 2.3.2: training for Senegal
23/11/2021 - 24/11/2021

How to measure Food Security indicators using data from Annual Agriculture Surveys? How to monitor progress at global, regional, and national...

Virtual Event

Seminario regional de fortalecimiento de capacidades en la medición y reporte del indicador 12.3.1.(a) de los ODS
18/11/2021 - 19/11/2021

En el marco del proyecto de cooperación técnica subregional TCP/RLA/3730, la FAO organizó, del 18 al 19 Noviembre de 2021, una formación virtual...

Virtual Event

Virtual Training on SDG indicators 2.3.1 and 2.3.2, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS)
17/10/2021 - 30/08/2021

Following a request from the Government of Bangladesh, FAO organized a Virtual training on SDG indicators 

Virtual Event

Capacitación virtual en la medición y reporte de los indicadores de los ODS 2.3.1 y 2.3.2 para América Latina
09/12/2020

El objetivo general de esta formación virtual fue proveer a los funcionarios gubernamentales responsables del monitoreo de los indicadores de los...

Regional Workshop on Data Disaggregation for SDG Indicators
19/11/2019 - 21/11/2019

The workshop built on the work of the Inter-agency and expert group on SDG indicators, which focuses on ensuring that the Global Indicator Framework...

Chiba (Japan)

Regional Workshop on Farm Survey Based SDG Indicators (2.3.1, 2.3.2, 2.4.1, 5.a.1 and 12.3.1a)
21/10/2019 - 24/10/2019

The overall goal of the regional workshop was to provide government officials responsible for SDG monitoring with capacity development in methodology,...

Cairo (Egypt)

Regional Workshop on Farm Survey Based SDG Indicators (2.3.1, 2.3.2, 2.4.1, 5.a.1 and 12.3.1a)
07/10/2019 - 10/10/2019

The overall goal of the regional workshop was to provide government officials responsible for SDG monitoring with capacity development in methodology,...