The phrase "attain self-sufficiency" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the goal of becoming independent or self-reliant, particularly in contexts like economics, personal development, or sustainability.
Example: "The organization aims to help communities attain self-sufficiency by providing training and resources."
Alternatives: "achieve independence" or "reach self-reliance."
The legislated fiction that Amtrak could attain self-sufficiency is especially damaging.
Congress withheld needed capital investment as Amtrak hustled to meet its 2003 operating deadline to attain self-sufficiency.
This past decade of relative stability has presented a golden opportunity but we have failed to undertake the fundamental actions necessary to attain self-sufficiency.
On its website, the organization explains how goats can survive in climates too dry to grow crops, provide milk and wool, and help struggling families in some parts of the world attain self-sufficiency.
Prevention is always the goal in addressing homelessness -- once a person becomes homeless, not only does she suffer the pain, harm and danger of being without housing, but it is also much harder to attain self-sufficiency.
It is not easy to help those volunteers attain self-sufficiency in their country in terms of healthcare.
Aristotle defends three claims about nature and the city-state: First, the city-state exists by nature, because it comes to be out of the more primitive natural associations and it serves as their end, because it alone attains self-sufficiency (1252b30-1253a1).
Even though India has shown remarkable progress in recent years and has attained self-sufficiency in food staples, the productivity of Indian farms for the same crop is very low compared to farms in Brazil, the USA, France, and other nations.
To address the shortage of female health professionals, AKDN set forth an idea of bringing female doctors, nurses and midwives from Tajikistan until Afghanistan attained self-sufficiency in health care workforce.
The adoption of such a solution should not present major logistical challenges, as Brazil is attaining self-sufficiency in vaccine production (currently produced by the "Butantan Research Institute", located in São Paulo).
We can look to the women of Dress for Success who are taking the steps needed to achieve self-sufficiency and attain economic independence to create a better life for their families.
