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Eliminate hunger

End of the hunger, ensurement of the food security, improvement of the nutrition and promotion of the sustainable agriculture.

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Almost 690 million people around the world — or 8.9 percent of the global population — suffer from hunger. This represents an increase of 10 million people in just one year and nearly 60 million over the past five years.

The majority of undernourished people — about 381 million — live in Asia. More than 250 million people live in Africa, where hunger is growing faster than anywhere else in the world

In 2019, nearly 750 million people, or almost one in ten worldwide, faced severe food insecurity.

It is estimated that in the same year, around 2 billion people did not have regular access to safe, nutritious and adequate food.

If current trends continue, the number of people affected by hunger will surpass 840 million by 2030, making up 9.8 percent of the world’s population.

In 2019, 144 million children under the age of five suffered from stunted growth, with three-quarters of them living in South Asia and in Sub-Saharan Africa.

In 2019, 6.9 percent — or 47 million — of children under five were affected by wasting or acute malnutrition, a condition brought on by insufficient nutrient intake and infections.

Agriculture is the world’s largest source of employment, providing livelihoods for 40 percent of today’s global population. It remains the biggest source of income and jobs for poor rural households.

Around 500 million small-scale farms, most of them rain-fed, produce up to 80 percent of the food consumed in many developing countries. Investing in these farms is one of the most important ways to strengthen food security for the poorest people while also boosting food production for both local and global markets.

Since the beginning of the last century, about 75 percent of crop diversity has been lost from farmers’ fields. A more efficient use of agricultural biodiversity can help improve the nutritional quality of diets, strengthen livelihoods in rural communities, and increase the resilience and sustainability of farming systems.

If women farmers had the same access to resources as men, the number of hungry people in the world could be reduced by as many as 150 million.

Yet, 1.4 billion people globally still lack access to electricity, most of them in rural areas of developing countries. Energy poverty in many regions remains one of the main obstacles to reducing hunger and producing enough food to meet future demand.

By 2030, end hunger and ensure that all people, in particular the poor and vulnerable, including infants, have access to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year round.

By 2030, end all forms of malnutrition, including achieving by 2025 the internationally agreed targets on stunting and wasting in children under five years of age, and address the nutritional needs of adolescent girls, pregnant and lactating women, and older persons.

By 2030, double the agricultural productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers, in particular women, Indigenous peoples, family farmers, pastoralists and fishers, through secure and equal access to land, other productive resources and inputs, knowledge, financial services, markets and opportunities for value addition and non-farm employment.

By 2030, ensure sustainable food production systems and implement resilient agricultural practices that increase productivity and production, help maintain ecosystems, strengthen capacity to adapt to climate change, extreme weather, drought, flooding and other disasters, and progressively improve land and soil quality.

By 2020, maintain the genetic diversity of seeds, cultivated plants and farmed and domesticated animals and their related wild species, including through soundly managed and diversified seed and plant banks at the national, regional and international levels. Promote access to and fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge, as internationally agreed.

Increase investment, including through enhanced international cooperation, in rural infrastructure, agricultural research and extension services, technology development and plant and livestock gene banks in order to enhance agricultural productive capacity in developing countries, particularly in least developed countries.

Correct and prevent trade restrictions and distortions in world agricultural markets, including through the parallel elimination of all forms of agricultural export subsidies and all export measures with equivalent effect, in accordance with the mandate of the Doha Development Round.

Adopt measures to ensure the proper functioning of food commodity markets and their derivatives, and facilitate timely access to market information, including on food reserves, in order to help limit extreme food price volatility.

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

World Food Programme (WFP)

UNICEF – Nutrition

UNDP – Fighting Hunger

United Nations

Open School

Sustainable Development Goals – Kazakhstan