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About
2 billion
ZERO HUNGER: people did
not have
WHY IT MATTERS regular access
to safe,
What’s the goal here? escape. Hunger and malnu-

To end hunger, achieve


trition mean less productive
individuals, who are more
nutritious and
food security and improved
nutrition and promote
prone to disease and thus
often unable to earn more
sufficient food
sustainable agriculture. and improve their liveli-
hoods. 2 billion people in
in 2019
Why? the world do not have reg-
Extreme hunger and mal- ular access to safe, nutri-
nutrition remains a barrier tious and sufficient food. In
to sustainable development 2019, 144 million children
and creates a trap from under the age of 5 were
which people cannot easily
stunted, and 47 million and building resilience need to be investments
were affected by wasting. to disasters and shocks. in rural and urban areas
and in social protection
How many people Why should I care? so poor people have
go hungry? We all want our families access to food and can
to have enough food to improve their livelihoods.
More than 690 million
eat what is safe and nutri-
people were undernour-
tious. A world with zero
What can we do to help?
ished in 2019, mainly in
Asia and Africa. People hunger can positively You can make changes in
experiencing moder- impact our economies, your own life—at home,
ate food insecurity are health, education, equality at work and in the com-
typically unable to eat a and social development. munity—by supporting
healthy, balanced diet on local farmers or markets
It’s a key piece of build-
a regular basis because of and making sustainable
ing a better future for
income or other resource food choices, support-
everyone. Additionally,
constraints. If these trends ing good nutrition for all,
with hunger limiting
continue, an estimated and fighting food waste.
human development,
840 million people will we will not be able to You can also use your
go hungry by 2030. achieve the other sustain- power as a consumer
The situation is likely to able development goals and voter, demanding
deteriorate even further such as education, health businesses and govern-
owing to COVID-19. and gender equality. ments make the choices
and changes that will
Why are there so many How can we achieve make Zero Hunger a
hungry people? zero hunger? reality. Join the conver-
sation, whether on social
Food security requires
Along with conflict, cli- media platforms or in
a multi-dimensional
mate shocks and the your local communities.
approach – from social
locust crisis, the pandemic
protection to safeguard To find out more
poses an additional threat
safe and nutritious food about Goal #2 and
to food systems. Civil
especially for children other Sustainable
insecurity and declining
- to transforming food Development Goals, visit:
food production have all
systems to achieve a
contributed to food scar- http://www.un.org/
more inclusive and sus-
city and high food prices. sustainabledevelopment
tainable world. There will
Investment in the agricul-
ture sector is critical for
reducing hunger and pov-
erty, improving food secu-
rity, creating employment

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