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Position by the Farming First Coalition: The Post-2015 Development Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals
ICC, 2012
by: International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 1 to halve the proportion of people suffering from hunger and poverty between 1990 to 2015 was not met. Many felt this was due to a lack of specific focus on agriculture and rural development, as central to the goal, particularly in the early years of implementation.

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