2025 Virtual Trainings on SDG Indicator 2.4.1 “Proportion of Agricultural Area under Productive and Sustainable Agriculture”
Virtual Event, 01/07/2025 - 30/10/2025
From July to October 2025, FAO organized a series of virtual training workshops on SDG indicator 2.4.1 “Proportion of Agricultural Area under Productive and Sustainable Agriculture” for which FAO is the custodian agency.
The goal was to provide government officials responsible for monitoring the indicator capacity development on the methodology, data collection and analysis relevant to sustainable food and agriculture.
Information was provided on appropriate data collection instruments, namely farm surveys, including how to use these to provide the data needed for the SDG 2.4.1 sub-indicators and to identify the data gaps faced by countries.
Objectives
The core objectives of these three virtual trainings were to:
- Provide technical training to build capacity of the national staff on SDG indicator 2.4.1 farm survey-based methodology, data collection, compilation and interpretation
- Identify available national and sub-national farm level and other data useful to analyze sustainable food and agriculture
- Understand the data gaps
- Provide comprehensive training on the proxy indicator for interim reporting on SDG 2.4.1
- Discuss the country plans to collect data on the indicator in the short/medium/long term
The trainings also provided the national staff with a platform to discuss and share their experiences, constraints and strategies to overcome potential challenges in data collection, analysis and reporting of SDG indicator 2.4.1.
Outputs
The ultimate aim of the training was to provide basis for designing improved data-driven policies and international reporting. Particularly, the following outputs have been achieved through the virtual trainings:
- Trained 42 countries (181 national staff) on the methodology and tools for SDG indicator 2.4.1, so that its adoption at the country level and its reporting to FAO can be supported;
- One country (Lebanon) has submitted an action plan as a result of these trainings that summarize the current situation of data availability on the 11 sub-indicators of SDG 2.4.1 and how they plan to bridge the remaining data gaps (details in Annex 5);
- Two countries (Azerbaijan and Lebanon) submitted the stocktaking file, to assess the data gaps vis-à-vis SDG 2.4.1 data requirements
- Two countries(Azerbaijan and Lebanon)requested further bespoke technical assistance from FAO
to implement the indicator (i.e. mapping of the data gaps, customization of existing agriculture
surveys, sampling design, data collection and analysis to construct and finally report the
indicator).
Materials
Presentations
- SDG Indicator 2.4.1 – Proportion of agricultural area under productive and sustainable agriculture
- SDG Indicator 2.4.1 – The indicator's framework
- SDG Indicator 2.4.1 – Data collection instruments
- SDG Indicator 2.4.1 – Questionnaire
- SDG Indicator 2.4.1 – FAO Land, Fertilizers, and Pesticides
- SDG Indicator 2.4.1 – Proxy Indicator
- SDG Indicator 2.4.1 – Questionnaire
- SDG Indicator 2.4.1 – Data collection and reporting status 2020-24
- SDG Indicator 2.4.1 – Country case studies
- SDG Indicator 2.4.1 – Short, medium and long term expectations
- SDG Indicator 2.4.1 – Practical steps on national adoption and implementation
- SDG Indicator 2.4.1 – Hands-on session on data preparation and analysis
VIDEO Recordings
RNE Workshop (1-3 July 2025)
- Day 1 | Video recording (EN/AR)
- Day 2 | Video recording (EN/AR)
- Day 3 | Video recording (EN/AR)
RAF Workshop (23-26 September 2025)*
- Day 1 | Video recording (EN/FR)
- Day 2 | Video recording (EN/FR)
- Day 3 | Video recording (EN/FR)
- Day 4 | Video recording (EN/FR)
*Passcode: SDG2025+
REU Workshop (20-23 October 2025)*
- Day 1 | Video/audio recording (EN/RU)
- Day 2 | Video/audio recording (EN/RU)
- Day 3 | Video/audio recording (EN/RU)
- Day 4 | Video/audio recording (EN/RU part 1 and 2)
*Passcode: SDG2025+
