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What is a Sustainable Developmental Goal? 

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What is a Sustainable Developmental Goal? 

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a set of 17 goals endorsed by the United Nations to end poverty, protect the planet, and promote prosperity and peace (Jacobsen, 2024).

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This goal is to eradicate world hunger by 2030.

"End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture." (The Global Goals, 2023)

There has been a drastic increase in food insecurity since 2015

(United Nations)

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2.1 By 2030, end hunger and ensure access by all people, in particular the poor and people in vulnerable situations, including infants, to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year round.

2.2 By 2030, end all forms of malnutrition, including achieving, by 2025, the internationally agreed targets on stunting and wasting in children under 5 years of age, and address the nutritional needs of adolescent girls, pregnant and lactating women and older persons.

2.3 By 2030, double the agricultural productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers, in particular women, indigenous peoples, family farmers, pastoralists and fishers, including through secure and equal access to land, other productive resources and inputs, knowledge, financial services, markets and opportunities for value addition and non-farm employment.

2.4 By 2030, ensure sustainable food production systems and implement resilient agricultural practices that increase productivity and production, that help maintain ecosystems, that strengthen capacity for adaptation to climate change, extreme weather, drought, flooding and other disasters and that progressively improve land and soil quality.

2.5 By 2020, maintain the genetic diversity of seeds, cultivated plants and farmed and domesticated animals and their related wild species, including through soundly managed and diversified seed and plant banks at the national, regional and international levels, and promote access to and fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge, as internationally agreed.

2.A Increase investment, including through enhanced international cooperation, in rural infrastructure, agricultural research and extension services, technology development and plant and livestock gene banks in order to enhance agricultural productive capacity in developing countries, in particular least developed countries.

2.B Correct and prevent trade restrictions and distortions in world agricultural markets, including through the parallel elimination of all forms of agricultural export subsidies and all export measures with equivalent effect, in accordance with the mandate of the Doha Development Round.

2.C Adopt measures to ensure the proper functioning of food commodity markets and their derivatives and facilitate timely access to market information, including on food reserves, in order to help limit extreme food price volatility.

(United Nations)

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a drastic increase in hunger rates from 2019 to 2022 has left 9.2% (735 million people) of the world's population in a state of chronic hunger

mild food insecurity increased to 2.4 billion people in 2022 - a 391 million people increase since 2019

with these numbers continuing to increase, to a projected over 600 million suffering from food insecurity in 2030, it is of the utmost importance to act now

(United Nations)

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A study was done that looked over SDG 2. Zero Hunger, and how practical the implementation was within three countries: Nigeria, Brazil, and the Netherlands (Gil, et. al., 2019).

The study found that the targets are not universally applicable for all countries.

Better global databases are needed to monitor progress of this goal

Integrated policies are needed in order to reach this SDG.

Not every country is prioritizing the same targets

This further proves how important this goal is since there are some improvements to be made within the Zero Hunger goal's targets. In other words, there is more work that needs to be done within this goal in order to end hunger by 2030. It is vital for everyone to put attention on this issue, and do their civic duty in meeting this goal.

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Responsibility and duty imply that it is not only on our Government's, but it is up to every one of us to get involved.

How can you help?

1. Find a Goal 2 Charity and donate if possible

2. Food donations to food banks

3. Eliminate food waste

4. One day a week, limit meat intake

5. Buy local!

6. If possible, try to grow your own produce

7. Stay informed! Keep up with the news locally and nationally.

(The Global Goals, 2023)

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Food security has four main components

1. availability - sufficient quantities of food

2. access - having both economic and physical means in obtaining adequate and nutritious diet

3. utilization - proper caloric and nutrient dietary intake

4. stability - all three of the components listed above are continuously possible on a consistent basis

(Gil, et. al., 2019)

All of these components are needed in order to allow food security, and thus obtain zero hunger.

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Doing your part to help with the overconsumption, food waste and donating food where you can will help with the zero hunger goal.

Not everyone can create big organizations, but you can start with you and do whatever you can.

If everyone does a few of the "little" things, we as a whole can have a huge impact!

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Food in hands. (2023). SELF. Retrieved from https://www.self.com/story/hunger-cues-after-exercise.

Food in shape of world continents. (2017). Michail, N. Retrieved from https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2017/10/05/DuPont-Knowing-about-food-security-challenges-drives-our-innovation

Gil, J. D., Reidsma, P., Giller, K., Todman, L., Whitmore, A., & van Ittersum, M. (2019). Sustainable development goal 2: Improved targets and indicators for agriculture and food security. Ambio, 48(7), 685–698. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-018-1101-4

Goal 2: Zero hunger. The Global Goals. (2023, April 18). https://www.globalgoals.org/goals/2-zero-hunger/

Jacobsen, K. H. (2024). Introduction to global health (4th ed.). Jones et Bartlett Learning.

United Nations. (n.d.). Goal 2: Zero Hunger - United Nations Sustainable Development. United Nations. https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/hunger/