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WHAT IS THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTAL GOAL?

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WHAT IS THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTAL GOAL?

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The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were launched in 2015 by the United Nations as a global initiative aimed at eradicating poverty, safeguarding the environment, and promoting peace and prosperity for all by 2030, as outlined in the United Nations 2030 agenda  (Global Goals, n.d.).

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Zero Hunger aims to ensure everyone has access to sufficient, nutritious food, addressing a fundamental human right.

Achieving this goal reduces health problems, poverty, and social instability caused by hunger and malnutrition.

It helps break the cycle of poverty and improves opportunities for education and economic growth.

The goal supports sustainable food systems, reduces food waste, and promotes environmentally responsible agricultural practices  (Global Goals, n.d.).

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Addressing hunger and malnutrition is vital for global health, economic stability, and breaking the cycle of poverty, with regions like Central and East Asia showing progress in reducing food insecurity. However, significant challenges remain, particularly in Africa and South America, and achieving the SDG to end hunger by 2030 is crucial to overcoming these barriers through sustainable agriculture, support for small-scale farmers, and international cooperation.

Ending hunger and malnutrition improves health, well-being, and development for individuals and communities.

Hunger weakens immune systems, limits cognitive development, and hinders economic opportunities, perpetuating cycles of poverty.

Ensuring access to nutritious food enhances education, economic growth, and social stability.

Achieving Zero Hunger is essential for building a more equitable, prosperous, and sustainable world.

The Zero Hunger goal is vital, as progress is uneven, with vulnerable areas still facing hunger due to environmental and economic challenges. Sustainable agriculture and global cooperation are key to improving health, reducing poverty, and ensuring stability (United Nations, 2024).

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"Zero Hunger" means ensuring access to nutritious food for all through local support, waste reduction, fair policies, and education on sustainability. Hunger elimination is a shared responsibility, requiring collective effort for a fairer, healthier world

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Find a Charity and Donate: Support organizations dedicated to fighting hunger, such as food banks, global hunger relief initiatives, or local charities, through monetary donations or volunteering.

Support Local Farmers: Strengthen small-scale farmers by purchasing locally grown food.

Reduce Food Waste: Minimize food waste at home and within communities to conserve resources (CDC, 2024).

Grow Your Own Food: Start a home or community garden to grow fruits, vegetables, and herbs. This can promote self-sufficiency, reduce costs, and ensure access to fresh, nutritious food.

Promote Nutrition Education: Raise awareness about healthy eating habits and diverse diets.

Stay Informed: Educate yourself and others about global hunger challenges, nutrition, and sustainable agriculture. Awareness helps drive informed decisions and collective action (United Nations, 2024).

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2.1: Ensure universal access to safe, nutritious, and sufficient food for all, especially vulnerable populations, by 2030.

2.2: End all forms of malnutrition by 2030, focusing on children, adolescents, pregnant women, and the elderly.

2.3: Double the productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers, particularly women, indigenous people, and family farmers, by 2030.

2.4: Promote sustainable and resilient agricultural practices to protect ecosystems and improve land quality by 2030.

2.5: Preserve genetic diversity in seeds, plants, and animals while ensuring fair sharing of benefits.

2.6: Increase investments in rural infrastructure, agricultural research, and technology, especially in developing countries.

2.7: Eliminate agricultural trade restrictions and export subsidies.

2.8: Ensure stable food markets and timely access to market information to prevent price volatility (Global Goals, n.d.).

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Hunger affects 690 million people globally, while 1.3 billion tons of food are wasted annually, contributing to food insecurity and environmental harm, prompting the United Nations to target Zero Hunger by 2030 as part of its Sustainable Development Goals.

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690 million people (8.9% of the global population) suffer from hunger, according to the FAO.

1.3 billion tons of food are wasted annually, enough to feed 2 billion people, contributing to 8-10% of global greenhouse gas emissions.

38 million people in the U.S. were food insecure in 2021, highlighting the issue of food access even in wealthier nations.

The United Nations aims to achieve Zero Hunger by 2030, as part of their Sustainable Development Goals (Global Goals, n.d.).

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Zero Hunger: Overcoming Challenges and Advancing Towards Sustainable Development Goal 2

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The article explores the challenges and potential solutions for achieving Sustainable Development Goal 2 by 2030, emphasizing the interconnectedness of food systems with climate change, geopolitical crises, and global inequalities. It highlights issues like unsustainable farming practices, power imbalances in supply chains, and shifting dietary patterns that hinder progress. Recommendations include creating a global governance framework, reforming supply chains, promoting sustainable farming, and encouraging nutritious, plant-based diets. Achieving SDG2 requires a holistic, multi-level approach addressing food production, distribution, and consumption simultaneously (Sporchia et al., 2023).

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Zero hunger: future challenges and the way forward towards the achievement of sustainable development goal 2 - Sustainable Earth Reviews

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Since 2020, the progress towards the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2– Zero Hunger has faced a sudden stall due to an ongoing “polycrisis”. While some countries are on track, a great effort is still globally necessary to achieve the SDG2 targets. Here we provide a brief background about SDG2, including its synergies and trade-offs with other SDGs. We then identify and discuss the main challenges that the pathway towards zero hunger will have to tackle. The lack of a systemic approach, together with the complex, global, and nested dimensions of food systems are identified as key elements to be carefully considered when designing sustainability strategies. This means that a variety of stakeholders are called to simultaneously and cooperatively act on multiple fronts to ensure a safe, equal, and just progress of all countries and populations towards the achievement of SDG2.

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Food assistance and food system resources. (2024, February 23). Nutrition. https://www.cdc.gov/nutrition/php/resources/food-and-food-system-resources.html

Global Goals. (n.d). Goal 2: Zero Hunger. https://www.globalgoals.org/

Sporchia, F., Antonelli, M., Aguilar-Martínez, A. et al. Zero hunger: future challenges and the way forward towards the achievement of sustainable development goal 2. Sustain Earth Reviews 7, 10 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s42055-024-00078-7

United Nations. (2024). Goal 2: Zero Hunger - United Nations Sustainable Development. United Nations. https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/