INTERNATIONAL GENEVA FOR ZERO HUNGER Soil quality can be damaged by the presence of pollutants, such as nitrogen. The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Air Convention sets targets for ammonia and nitrogen oxides and thus assists countries in avoiding crop losses.
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► 2 billion people suffer from some form of micronutrient deficiency. ► About 795 million people are undernourished globally. ► 1.9 billion adults are overweight or obese. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) supports governments and development partners to design the right policies, programmes and legal frameworks that strengthen food security and nutrition. FAO promotes food and nutrition education for healthy diets through educational strategies implemented at different levels, which aim at helping people to achieve long-lasting improvements in their diets and eating.
Nearly half of all deaths in children under 5 are caused by undernutrition. In 2015 UNICEF, engaged in nutrition programming in 127 countries reaching 3.2 million children under 5 years old affected by Severe Acute Malnutrition. 82% of them recovered.
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Today, more than 1/3 of food produced is not eaten. Food waste is the third largest emitter of greenhouse gases. Through the strengthening of the cold chain post-harvest and slaughter, food waste and greenhouse gas emissions could be halved to directly help reduce world hunger. International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) work provides the technical foundation for industrial and domestic cooling systems and helps improve agricultural productivity, for example through irrigation technologies and pumps.
The first 1,000 days - from pregnancy to the second birthday is a pivotal moment that determines a child's destiny. Good nutrition builds strong immune systems, supercharging. Children's chances of survival and protecting them their whole lives.
Disasters such as droughts and floods pose a major risk to food production, compounding the problems faced by the world's poorest people.
This is why we, in the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement, we work together to take action, to scale up what works, to encourage leadership and to ensure that nutrition reaches and remains top priority.
The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) works with partners around the world, to help strengthen their capacity to make food production more resilient to hazards, to adapt farming practices to climate change, and to ensure that ecosystems are protected.
Today, 59 Countries have joined the SUN Movement, home to over 100 million stunted children. Over 2,000 civil society organisations have joined the Movement across 39 alliances.
Around 90% of the main source of global food supplies wheat, maize, rice and soybeans - comes from just a handful of countries including the EU, China, India, US, Russian Federation, and Brazil. The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) uses satellite imagery combined with on-the-ground expertise to produce monthly crop monitors for the Agricultural Market Information System, an inter-agency platform to enhance food security for the G20 + seven major exporting and importing countries of agricultural commodities. By enhancing transparency in international food markets, GEO helps prevent unexpected price hikes to strengthen global food security.
Achieving universal access to safe WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) services in homes, healthcare facilities, schools and workplaces directly supports a number of targets on nutrition and health. UN Water
To feed a growing world population agriculture is increasingly knowledge-intensive. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) are working with countries to set up and implement national e-agriculture strategies and initiatives to fast forward e-agriculture in today’s knowledge economy.
39% of all children under 5 in the developing world are stunted, living in poverty or both. Research has shown that the first years of life are the most important period for brain development.
By 2050, the world's population will reach 9.7 billion people. To meet the challenge of feeding so many people in a sustainable way, agriculture needs to change its practices.
The World Bank released a practical guide for policymakers and practitioners about how to invest in young children. It identifies 25 essential ECD interventions that can be delivered at different stages in a child’s life.
The International Trade Center’s (ITC) new platform, the Sustainability Network enables smallholders and small suppliers to access information about sustainable farming practices and to connect to global buyers through an online public profile that contains information on their activities and sustainability commitments.
In addition, the World Bank is investing in programs that cover the physical, socio-emotional language and cognitive aspects of development— it gives disadvantaged children a chance to succeed.
The Sustainability Network allows smallholders and suppliers to gain visibility while still managing their privacy.
Everyday, food moves from country to country, as it is produced and then consumed. This can make food vulnerable to contamination and other hazards.
In Mozambique, more than 43% of children under 5 are chronically undernourished. The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), along with its partners are implementing the Mozambique Home Fortification project, which aims to improve the nutrition of young children through the distribution of sachets of multi-nutrient powders.
How can we have confidence in the products we eat and drink? The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards create confidence in food products by ensuring the world uses the same recipe when it comes to food quality, safety and efficiency. More than 1200 standards provide best practices for food production and agriculture.
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In 2015, World Trade Organization (WTO) members adopted the historic decision to eliminate all forms of agricultural export subsidies and established disciplines on other export measures with equivalent effect. This measure will help farmers and exporters in poor countries and make a significant contribution to reaching a key target of SDG 2.
In Tajikistan, chronic malnutrition still affects 26% of the population. The UNDP- UN Environment Poverty-Environment Initiative in Tajikistan in cooperation with UN Women in Kyrgystan, Stavropol State Agrarian University and number of national partners, intends to contribute to the green growth and engagement of women entrepreneurs. The Initiative aims at improving the business sector while implementing sustainable agricultural policy and it’s designed to increase the role of women in agri-food sector.
Each sachet of multi-nutrient powders, called VitaMais, contains a colorless and tasteless powder of 15 essential micronutrients that can be added to the food that young children regularly eat.
The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) found that: It will cost on average an extra USD $11 billion/year of public spending from now to 2030 to end hunger. USD $4 billion of the additional spending needs to come from donors. The remaining USD $7 billion will come from poor countries themselves.
IMPACT INFOGRAPHIC BY THE PERCEPTION CHANGE PROJECT. This infographic has been created with the contributions from PCP Partners Organizations participating in the PCP Impact Infographic series, and who reacted to PCP’s request in crowd-sourcing information on the impact on the SDG2: The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), The Group on Earth Observations (GEO), UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), UNICEF, UN Water, Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement, International Organization for Standardization (ISO), The World Bank, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the World Trade Organization (WTO), the International Trade Center (ITC), the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN).