Giving Compass' Take:
- · According to researchers from the University of Michigan’s Sustainable Food Systems Initiative, achieving the UN's zero-hunger goal has put too much of a focus on crop yields.
- · The researchers explain why greater attention should be focused on the nutritional quality of diets, equitable access to food, and increasing reliance on ecology insights. How can donors and philanthropists make an impact on this issue area?
- · Find out why world hunger is on the rise.
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Members of the University of Michigan’s Sustainable Food Systems Initiative reviewed recent academic papers that discuss the United Nations goal of ending hunger and malnutrition worldwide by 2030.
They reviewed recent papers from three areas—ecology and agricultural sciences, nutrition and public health, and political economy and policy science—that mentioned the UN zero-hunger goal.
“Zero hunger” is one of 17 Sustainable Development Goals that the UN adopted in 2015. The stated goal is to “end hunger, achieve food security and improve nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture” worldwide.
The two-pronged goal of tackling hunger and environmental sustainability is a tall order and will require “transformative political and economic change” that reshapes the global food system, the team concludes in the journal World Development.
Read the full article about fighting global hunger by Jim Erickson at Futurity.