Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum)

Re: Core food and agricultural indicators for measuring the private sector’s contribution to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals

The following are my two comments on the indicators provided:

1. While the cross cutting issues such as gender and age have been taken care of in some indicators (eg. D.1.2, D.1.3 etc), I am of the opinion that other cross-cutting issues like disability should also be considered. In addition, the cross cutting issues mentioned above (gender, sex, disability etc) should strongly be reflected across the indicators where possible and not just to some indicators.

2. There is a need to clearly indicate the role of the digital technology in measuring and/or assessing the indicators. Where possible too, utilization of digital technology in accelerating the outputs could also be measured.