Zero Hunger

 Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG 2 or Global Goal 2) aims to achieve "zero hunger". It is one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals established by the United Nations in 2015. The official wording is: "End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture".^[1] SDG 2 highlights the complex inter-linkages between food security, nutrition, rural transformation and sustainable agriculture.^[2] According to the United Nations, there are around 690 million people who are hungry, which accounts for 10 percent of the world population.^[3] One in every nine people goes to bed hungry each night, including 20 million people currently at risk of famine in South Sudan, Somalia, Yemen and Nigeria.^[4]