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A properly functioning market chain and flow of agricultural products are vital to ensuring food and nutrition security amid COVID-19.
Sustainable farming and efficient water use can enhance high-value crop production and increase farmers’ income even in harsh environments.
Enhancing the competitiveness and sustainability of small businesses requires sustained reforms that include digitalization and innovation.
Raise the efficiency of public procurement and land and labor markets to boost productivity, and address growth constraints on agriculture and tourism.
Gaps in response funding immediately after disaster can now be addressed through a new form of insurance.
Integrating capacity building and human-centered interventions into the preparation of infrastructure projects helps cities meet sustainable goals.
Disbursing against results, rather than upfront expenditures, helps improve the effectiveness and efficiency of government-owned sector programs and promote good practices.
Scaling up SDG localization requires system-wide alignment, enhanced local governance, and multi-stakeholder and partnership collaboration.
The solutions in Asia and the Pacific: explore groundwater abstraction options, build efficient water infrastructure, develop better data, and improve water management, particularly for agriculture.
An online mapping tool will help ensure that renewable energy projects are developed without risking significant harm to birds and biodiversity.