A profound change of the global food and agriculture

© UN Photo / Albert González Farran system is needed ZERO HUNGER: to nourish today’s 795 WHY IT MATTERS million hungry + What’s the goal here? from which people cannot easily escape. Hunger and the additional To end hunger, achieve malnutrition mean less food security and improved productive individuals, who 2 billion nutrition and promote are more prone to disease sustainable agriculture and thus often unable to increase in global earn more and improve population Why? their livelihoods. There are Extreme hunger and mal- nearly 800 million people expected by nutrition remains a barrier who suffer from hunger to sustainable develop- worldwide, the vast major- 2050 ment and creates a trap ity in developing countries. How many people Why should I care? What can we do to help? go hungry? We all want our families You can make changes in New evidence continues to have enough food to your own life—at home, to signal that the number eat that is safe and nutri- at work and in the com- of hungry people in the tious. A world with zero munity—by supporting world is growing, reach- hunger can positively local farmers or markets ing 821 million in 2017 or impact our economies, and making sustainable one in every nine people. health, education, equal- food choices, support- ity and social develop- ing good nutrition for all, Hunger has been on the ment. It’s a key piece of and fighting food waste. rise over the past three building a better future You can also use your years, returning to lev- for everyone. Additionally, power as a consumer els from a decade ago. with hunger limiting and voter, demanding This reversal in prog- human development, businesses and govern- ress sends a clear warn- we will not be able to ments make the choices ing that more must be achieve the other sustain- and changes that will done and urgently if the able development goals make Zero Hunger a Sustainable Development such as education, health reality. Join the conver- Goal of Zero Hunger is and gender equality. to be achieved by 2030. sation, whether on social How much will it cost to media platforms or in The situation is worsen- your local communities. ing in South America and achieve zero hunger? You can join the Global most regions of Africa. We will need an esti- Movement for Zero With enough food to mated additional $267 Hunger by joining the feed everyone on the billion per year on aver- Zero Hunger Challenge planet, why are there so age to end world hun- (www.zerohunger- many hungry people? ger by 2030. There will challenge.org) to learn need to be investments Poor harvesting prac- more, including more in rural and urban areas tices, as well as food ways to take action! and in social protection, wastage have contributed so poor people have to food scarcity. Wars To find out more access to food and can have also had a negative about Goal #2 and improve their livelihoods. impact on the availabil- other Sustainable ity of food and have led Development Goals, visit: to a destruction of the http://www.un.org/ environment, which is sustainabledevelopment critical to grow food.