ZERO HUNGER: WHY IT MATTERS

What’s the goal here?
To end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.

Why?
Extreme hunger and malnutrition remains a barrier to sustainable development and creates a trap from which people cannot easily escape. Hunger and malnutrition mean less productive individuals, who are more prone to disease and thus often unable to earn more and improve their livelihoods. 2 billion people in the world do not have regular access to safe, nutritious and sufficient food. In 2019, 144 million children under the age of 5 were stunted, and 47 million were affected by wasting.

What can we do to help?
You can make changes in your own life—at home, at work and in the community by supporting local farmers or markets and making sustainable food choices, supporting good nutrition for all, and fighting food waste.