Zero Hunger - The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 2

The UN explains: "It is time to rethink how we grow, share and consume our food.

If done right, agriculture, forestry, and fisheries can provide nutritious food for all and generate decent incomes while supporting people-centered rural development and protecting the environment.

Right now, our soils, freshwater, oceans, forests, and biodiversity are being rapidly degraded. Climate change is putting even more pressure on the resources we depend on, increasing risks associated with disasters such as droughts and floods. Many rural women and men can no longer make ends meet on their land, forcing them to migrate to cities in search of opportunities.

A profound change of the global food and agriculture system is needed if we are to nourish today’s 815 million hungry and the additional 2 billion people expected by 2050.

The food and agriculture sector offers key solutions for development, and is central for hunger and poverty eradication."

The UN has defined 8 Targets and 13 Indicators for SDG 2. Targets specify the goals and Indicators represent the metrics by which the world aims to track whether these Targets are achieved. Below we quote the original text of all Targets and show the data on the agreed Indicators.

How is the world doing on this goal?

Posted  updated 9 months ago

Agricultural export subsidies - SDG Indicator 2.B.1

Definition: Indicator 2.B.1 is the "value of agricultural export subsidies".



Goal: By 2030 "correct and prevent trade restrictions and distortions in world agricultural markets, including through the parallel elimination of all forms of agricultural export subsidies".

This target requires the elimination of agricultural export subsidies by 2030.

Target 2.C: Ensure stable food commodity markets and timely access to information

UN definition: "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."

Food price anomalies - SDG Indicator 2.C.1

Definition: Indicator 2.C.1 is the "indicator of food price anomalies".



Food price anomalies can be measured using the domestic food price volatility index.

The domestic food price volatility index measures the variation (volatility) in domestic food prices over time - this is measured as the weighted average of a basket of commodities based on consumer or market prices. High values indicate higher volatility (more variation) in food prices.

Goal: By 2030 "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".

Credits: Main photo by Ritesh Arya


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