Sustainable Development Goal 2. Zero Hunger
The goal:
After decades of steady decline, the number of people who suffer from hunger – as measured by the prevalence of undernourishment – began to slowly increase again in 2015.
The world is not on track to achieve Zero Hunger by 2030.
If recent trends continue, the number of people affected by hunger would surpass 840 million by 2030.
The targets
Why is it important?
The Challenge
How can we address this?
The targets
2.1: Universal access to safe and nutritious food
2.2: End all forms of malnutritio
2.3: Double the productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers
2.4: Sustainable food production and resilient agricultural practices
2.5: Maintain the genetic diversity in food production
2.A: Invest in rural infrastructure, agricultural research, technology and gene banks
2.B: Prevent agricultural trade restrictions, market distortions and export subsidies
2.C: Ensure stable food commodity markets and timely access to information
Why is it important?
- Current estimates are that nearly 690million people are hungry, or 8.9 percent of the world population – up by 10 million people in one year and by nearly 60 million in five years.
- The majority of the world’s undernourished – 381 million– are still found in Asia. More than 250 million live in Africa, where the number of undernourished is growing faster than anywhere in the world.
- In 2019, close to 750 million – or nearly one in ten people in the world were exposed to severe levels of food insecurity.
- An estimated 2 billion people in the world did not have regular access to safe, nutritious and sufficient food in 2019.
- 114 million people under age 5 were affected by stunting in 2019, with three quarters living in Southern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
- In 2019, 6,9 per cent (or 47 million) children under 5 were affected by wasting, or acute undernutrition, a condition caused by limited nutrient intake and infection.
The Challenge
– sustainable solutions to end hunger in all its forms by 2030 and to achieve food security
– everyone everywhere has enough good-quality food to lead a healthy life.
– better access to food and the widespread promotion of sustainable agriculture
-improving the productivity and incomes of small-scale farmers by promoting equal access to land, technology and markets
-sustainable food production systems and implement agricultural practices that increase productivity and production
-help maintain ecosystems that can help adaptation to climate changes.
– maintain the genetic diversity of seeds, cultivated plant and domesticated animals and their related wild species all that managed at the national, regional and international levels
– everyone everywhere has enough good-quality food to lead a healthy life.
– better access to food and the widespread promotion of sustainable agriculture
-improving the productivity and incomes of small-scale farmers by promoting equal access to land, technology and markets
-sustainable food production systems and implement agricultural practices that increase productivity and production
-help maintain ecosystems that can help adaptation to climate changes.
– maintain the genetic diversity of seeds, cultivated plant and domesticated animals and their related wild species all that managed at the national, regional and international levels
How can we address this?
– increase the investment through international cooperation to bolster the productive capacity of agriculture in developing countries
– correct and prevent trade restrictions and distortions in world agricultural markets
– adopt measures to ensure proper functioning of food commodity markets and their derivatives
– investments in rural and urban areas and in social protection so poor people have access to food and can improve their livelihoods.
– correct and prevent trade restrictions and distortions in world agricultural markets
– adopt measures to ensure proper functioning of food commodity markets and their derivatives
– investments in rural and urban areas and in social protection so poor people have access to food and can improve their livelihoods.
