SDG Indicators Data Portal

SDG 02 - Zero Hunger
Indicator 2.3.1 - Volume of production per labour unit by classes of farming / pastoral / forestry enterprise size

This indicator refers to the value of production per labour unit operated by small-scale producers in the farming, pastoral and forestry sectors. Data will be produced by classes of enterprise size. 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 2.3.1: Progress Assessment
Impact

Together with indicator 2.3.2, 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 productivity of small-scale food producers continues to lag behind that of larger-scale producers, with more pronounced differences in higher-income countries. Among small-scale food producers, the labour productivity of production units headed by men and women are similar.

Small-scale food producers provide key contributions to the resilience of agricultural and food production systems, which is important to combat hunger. While they account for significant shares of food production in several countries, they are often among the most vulnerable groups in rural areas and within the agrifood system.

According to the latest available country figures, small-scale food producers’ labour productivity is less than USD 25 per day (at constant 2017 purchasing power parity [PPP]), worked in some low- and middle-income countries. In addition, the labour productivity of small-scale food producers continue to lag behind those of larger-scale producers, with more pronounced differences in higher income countries. In most European countries reported and Canada, the labour productivity of small-scale producers is less than one quarter that of larger-scale producers.

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

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

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

Virtual Training on SDG indicators 2.3.1 and 2.3.2, African countries
11/10/2021 - 14/10/2021

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...

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,...