The 17 Sustainable Development Goals identify the interconnected challenges we must overcome to achieve their collective aim to "end poverty and ensure prosperity for all". The solutions to these challenges are also interlinked. Therefore, these goals cannot be tackled individually but must be advanced simultaneously and acted upon in tandem.  

For example, the world will never achieve Zero hunger (SDG2) without reducing poverty (SDG1), inequality and addressing equitable access to resources (SDG10). But equally, ensuring Good Health and Wellbeing (SDG3) for the world's population depends on providing sufficient food for all (SDG2). Likewise, it is critical to understand the trade-offs between the goals to ensure that progress towards one SDG is not detrimental to the progress of another. For instance, increasing production (SDG2) has implications for the protection of biodiversity and natural resources (SDG15). Therefore, carefully designed policy measures and innovative solutions are needed to maximise synergies between these goals for collective advancement, while minimising trade-offs to transition to sustainable agrifood systems.