A profound

change of the
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global food
and agriculture
system is needed
to nourish
ZERO HUNGER: today’s 795
WHY IT MATTERS million
hungry +
What’s the goal here? from which people cannot
the additional
easily escape. Hunger and

To end hunger, achieve
food security and improved
nutrition and promote
sustainable agriculture
Why?
Extreme hunger and mal-
nutrition remains a barrier
to sustainable develop-
ment and creates a trap
2 billion
malnutrition mean less
productive individuals, who
are more prone to disease
and thus often unable to increase in global
earn more and improve
their livelihoods. There are
population
nearly 800 million people
who suffer from hunger
expected by
worldwide, the vast major-
ity in developing countries.
2050
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
years, returning to lev- You can also use your
for everyone. Additionally,
els from a decade ago. power as a consumer
with hunger limiting
This reversal in prog- and voter, demanding
human development,
ress sends a clear warn- businesses and govern-
we will not be able to
ing that more must be ments make the choices
achieve the other sustain-
done and urgently if the and changes that will
able development goals
Sustainable Development make Zero Hunger a
such as education, health
Goal of Zero Hunger is reality. Join the conver-
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?
most regions of Africa. You can join the Global
We will need an esti-
With enough food to Movement for Zero
mated additional $267
feed everyone on the Hunger by joining the
billion per year on aver-
planet, why are there so Zero Hunger Challenge
age to end world hun-
many hungry people? (www.zerohunger-
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 find out more
to food scarcity. Wars
access to food and can about Goal #2 and
have also had a negative
improve their livelihoods. other Sustainable
impact on the availabil-
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.