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ZERO HUNGER
SDG #2 seeks to not only end hunger but also help achieve food security, improve nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture. Sustainable development cannot be achieved without eradicating extreme hunger and malnutrition. In 2018, there were about 2 billion people who were affected by severe food insecurity, a statistic which has increased over 20% since 2014.9,10 As sustainable agricultural practices have a crucial potential for addressing food scarcity, RTRS supports goal #2 comprehensively, with more than 35 indicators contributing to achieving SDG #2.
SDG TARGETS AND RELATED RTRS INDICATORS SDG Targets
RTRS Indicators
2.1 By 2030, end hunger and ensure access by
RTRS: 2.5.9
all people, in particular the poor and people in nutritious and sufficient food all year round.
RTRS indicator 2.5.9 requires that all employees living on the farm are provided with affordable food. Moreover, potable water is to be supplied to all workers inside the farm.
2.3 By 2030, double the agricultural productivity
RTRS: 5.3.1, 5.3.2, 5.3.3
SDG Materiality Report - The Round Table on Responsible Soy Association (RTRS) - Business Guidance
vulnerable situations, including infants, to safe,
and incomes of small-scale food producers, in particular women, indigenous peoples, family farmers, pastoralists and fishers, including
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.
To increase the income of workers in the supply chain, sufficient yield is needed. Practices to maintain and improve soil fertility to sustain agricultural yield are mentioned in the RTRS Principle 5, including monitoring and maintaining of soil quality.
9 SDG 2 https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/hunger/ 10 SDG 2 https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2_Why-It-Matters-2020.pdf
