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Publication | 2023

Towards a sustainable agriculture: Achievements and challenges of Sustainable Development Goal Indicator 2.4.1

This short perspective reviews the development of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Indicator 2.4.1. The progress of developing SDG Indicator 2.4.1, such as defining the concept of sustainable agriculture and selecting sub-indicators, reflect the achievements towards sustainable agriculture and the contribution of existing studies. However, the challenges and limitations of developing SDG Indicator 2.4.1 reflect the some difficulties to achieve sustainable agriculture. This short perspective calls for future interdisciplinary and multi-dimensional research on sustainable agriculture.