Continuing with the SDG dissemination, we are going to talk about the SDG 2, its implications, and Concausa projects linked with it. (Image: un.org)
The second SDG has a very ambitious goal: put an end to hunger, achieve food security and the improvement of nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture..
It may look hard: our ground, water, oceans, Woods, and biodiversity are affected and degraded every day, and things like climate change put pressure on our limited resources.
But, since the United Nations claimed “if it’s done right, agriculture, silviculture, and fish farms can provide us all with nutritive food and generate decent incomes, while the rural people development and environmental protection are supported”.
It means: even if it looks difficult, we can achieve the Zero Hunger goal in the world.
(Video: Programa Mundial de Alimentos – ONU)
Some numbers:
- Almost 795 million people don’t have enough food to carry out a healthy and active life. This means, 1 of 9 people on earth.
- Most of the starving people live in developed countries were 12.9% of the population is undernourished.
- Poor nutrition causes almost half of children less than 5 years old dead: 3.1 million children per year.
- 1 of 4 children has stunted growth in the world. In developed countries can be 1 of 3 children.
- In the developing world, 66 million children on age to primary school go to class hungry, 23 million in Africa.
- The agriculture area is the one that provides more Jobs on the world, supplying life form of the 40% of the world population. Is the biggest income and job source on rural poor homes.
- 500 million small farms in the world, most of them of rain-fed, provide 80% of the food most part of the developing world consume. Invest in small farmers, women, and men is an important way to increase food security and nutrition of the poorest, as well as food production for local and global stores.
On the Concausa meeting of November 2016, we had at least 6 young people projects about the SDG 2, like“Improving eating habits”from Guatemala, or“Let's end hunger”” from Haiti.
We invite you to check them all on the link (click)..
