{"id":14577,"date":"2024-04-28T18:36:50","date_gmt":"2024-04-28T18:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.revolutionnaire.co\/be\/?p=14577"},"modified":"2024-05-28T15:21:43","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T15:21:43","slug":"sdg-2-zero-hunger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionnaire.co\/be\/sdg-2-zero-hunger\/","title":{"rendered":"SDG 2 Zero Hunger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Over the past few decades, world hunger had been on the decline\u2026 that is, until 2015, when it began to increase. Today, nearly 9 percent of the global population goes hungry. And, in the coming years, global hunger is expected to keep increasing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many reasons that people go hungry, including&nbsp;<strong>physical and economic barriers that limit access to food<\/strong>. The recent upturn in world hunger is mainly attributed to the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Human-caused conflicts&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Climate change&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Economic downturns<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>COVID-19 pandemic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Hunger is at the heart of the Sustainable Development Goals<strong>.<\/strong>Its targets include ending hunger, \u201c[achieving] food security,\u201d and encouraging sustainable agriculture\u2026 all by 2030.&nbsp;This SDG implies that&nbsp;<strong>hunger<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>means more than<\/strong>&nbsp;not having enough food to eat. It means&nbsp;<strong>undernourishment:&nbsp;<\/strong>when someone can\u2019t acquire enough food to produce the amount of energy they need each day.&nbsp;Hunger can also imply&nbsp;<strong>malnutrition,&nbsp;<\/strong>when someone\u2019s diet doesn\u2019t provide&nbsp;<em>the right mix&nbsp;<\/em>of nutrients to maintain their highest level of health.&nbsp;<strong>Food insecurity&nbsp;<\/strong>is also a part of this issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hunger is an uncomfortable feeling that many of us may have felt. Yet,&nbsp;<strong>severe hunger<\/strong>&nbsp;has many other consequences including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Negative effects on kids\u2019 growth\/cognitive development<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Decreases in productivity&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Proneness to disease&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Inability to earn more money and improve livelihoods<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Starvation&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>On the flip side, achieving Zero Hunger has a lot of benefits: it improves our economies and enhances education, equality, and social development.&nbsp;With all of this in mind, let\u2019s take action to make a difference.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Recap:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nearly 1\/10 people around the world are affected by hunger<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Global hunger is on the rise, with shocks like COVID-19 intensifying the issue<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hunger has many consequences, especially for children and the most vulnerable<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s how you can help:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Make changes in your own life.&nbsp;<\/strong>Support local farmers markets. Fight food waste. Look into where your food is coming from, and the process it takes to make it. You can start fighting food waste by downloading the app&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/toogoodtogo.org\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Too Good To Go<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Donate\u00a0<\/strong>Click the button to donate to  the<a href=\"https:\/\/secure.wfpusa.org\/donate\/save-lives-giving-food-today-donate-now-7?ms=2000_UNR_wfp_redirect_EX&amp;redirected=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0World Food Programme<\/a>: the food-focussed branch of the United Nations, and the world\u2019s biggest humanitarian organization working on food security.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.revolutionnaire.co\/be\/donate-the-world-food-program\/\">Donate<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Volunteer\u00a0<\/strong>Click the button to find your local food bank\u00a0with the Help of Feeding America. Help out by sorting, packing, assisting, delivering meals, and even volunteering from home.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.revolutionnaire.co\/be\/volunteer-feeding-america-food-banks\/\">Volunteer<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Citations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<em>Goal 2: Zero hunger<\/em>. (2021). United Nations Sustainable Development; United Nations.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/hunger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/hunger\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<em>2020&nbsp; global report on food crises<\/em>. (2020). World Food Programme.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfp.org\/publications\/2020-global-report-food-crises\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.wfp.org\/publications\/2020-global-report-food-crises<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Goal 2: Zero hunger<\/em>. (2021). United Nations Sustainable Development; United Nations.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/hunger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/hunger\/<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>2.1. 1 prevalence of undernourishment, sustainable development goals<\/em>. (2020). Food and Agriculture Organization.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fao.org\/sustainable-development-goals\/indicators\/211\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www.fao.org\/sustainable-development-goals\/indicators\/211\/en\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past few decades, world hunger had been on the decline\u2026 that is, until 2015, when it began to increase. Today, nearly 9 percent of the global population goes hungry. And, in the coming years, global hunger is expected to keep increasing.&nbsp; There are many reasons that people go hungry, including&nbsp;physical and economic barriers&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":14578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72,203],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-housing-food-security","category-learn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revolutionnaire.co\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revolutionnaire.co\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revolutionnaire.co\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revolutionnaire.co\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revolutionnaire.co\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14577"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.revolutionnaire.co\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15819,"href":"https:\/\/www.revolutionnaire.co\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14577\/revisions\/15819"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revolutionnaire.co\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revolutionnaire.co\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revolutionnaire.co\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revolutionnaire.co\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}