Linkage Between SDGs and FGC

SDG 1: No Poverty: Food Green Cities' Principle 1 strives to eradicate poverty and enhance the livelihoods of the urban poor through Urban Agriculture, therefore achieving SDG 1-No Poverty.

SDG 2: Zero Hunger: FGC strives to achieve zero hunger by enhancing food security, nutrition, and agriculture sustainability. Urban agriculture provides a food supply for city people, with self-consumption ranging from a ten percent to ninety percent.

SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being: Principle 1 of the FGC encourages healthy lifestyles and well-being, and aids in health-care advancement.

SDG 4: Quality Education: FGC strives to directly assist in learning practical methods and education of producing food and connecting to nature, while principles (3,6,8) indirectly contribute to the enhancement for learning.

SDG 5: Gender Equality: FGC intends to enable women urban farmers to produce food for consumption at home, therefore ending hunger and saving up money for other necessities.

SDG 6: Clean water and sanitation: FGC principles promote sanitation, management of waste, pollution control, and cleanliness.

SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy: FGC principles 6 contribute to this target through efficient systems and eco-friendly technology.

SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth: FGC principles promote decent green jobs for long-term productivity.

SDG 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure: The ninth SDG objective calls for robust infrastructure, equitable and environmentally friendly industrialization, and innovation, all of which are supported by FGC principles 1 and 2.

SDG 10: Reduced Inequality: By involving women and socially disadvantaged groups in economic activities, urban agriculture serves to decrease inequality and strengthen them.

SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities To achieve sustainability, food green cities encourage the construction of city farms, green roofs, vertical food gardens, and tiny window and balcony plants.

SDG 12: Consumption and Production: Urban agriculture offers low-income populations with access to food and green space, and Food Green Cities are eco-cities built on resource sharing and minimum consumption.

SDG 13: Climate action: Food Green Cities contribute to cut carbon emissions, energy usage, and transportation of food, while also enhancing air quality by making the city green and encouraging physical activity.

SDG 14: Life Below Water: FGC principles 1, 6, and 8 help to reduce fresh water usage while also promoting ground recharge and improving fresh water availability.

SDG 15: Life on Land: Principle 1 of FGC contributes to the preservation of ecosystems and the management of forests.

SDG 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions: FGCs encourage peaceful and inclusive communities for sustainable development through concepts such as food availability, transportation, community engagement, and energy efficiency.

SDG 17: Partnerships to achieve the Goal: FGC promotes National-Private partnerships, development partners, and global community support to satisfy capacity building needs. 

Source: Sunil Babu Shrestha, 2022