Many people around the world suffer from inadequate food supply with climate change and deforestation playing a huge role in this issue.
Right now, our soils, freshwater, oceans, forests and biodiversity are being swiftly degraded. Climate change is placing hefty burden on the resources we depend on, increasing risks associated with disasters, such as droughts and floods.
Many women and men in rural areas can no longer make ends meet on their land, forcing them to travel to cities in search of opportunities. Lack of food security is also causing millions of children’s growth to be stunted, or too short for the ages, due to severe malnutrition.
A big change of the global food and agriculture system is needed if we are to nourish the 815 million people who are hungry today and the additional 2 billion people expected to be undernourished by 2050. Investments in agriculture are crucial to increasing the capacity for agricultural productivity and sustainable food production systems are necessary to help alleviate the perils of hunger.
The SDGs aim to end all forms of hunger and malnutrition by 2030, making sure all people, especially children, have access to sufficient and nutritious food all year round. What can you do to help reduce hunger around the world?