Notes on Zero Hunger

2. Presented by,
Mrs.J.Jeba M.Sc.,M.Phil.,
Assistant Professor,
Annasamy Rajammal College of Nursing,
Athiyoothu.

3. HUNGER
Definition-A short term
physical discomfort as a
result of chronic food
shortage.

4. FACTS
• In the world we produce enough
food to feed everyone.
• India is the second largest food
producer in the world.
• But everyday too many men and
women across the globe struggle to
feed their childrens a nutritious
meal.

5. CAUSES
Poverty
Natural disasters-
Earthquake, Flood,Drought.
Political&economical
instability
Diminishing natural
resources
Food shortages and
wastages
 War
Job instability

6. STATISTICAL
ANALYSIS
 World population -7.7 billion
795 million people(one in nine) do
not have enough food to lead a
healthy life.
Vast majority of hungry people
live in developing countries.(Asia
continent)
 One child dies every 10 seconds
from hungry
 Each year 3.1 million children
(Under 5) died due to poor
nutrition.

7. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
12.9% population is undernourished.
1 in four is undernourished.
66 million school age children attend the
classes with hungry.
World food programme(WAP) calculates
3200 crores money to be needed per year to
reach a 66 million hungry school age
children.
 One out of 6 children(100million) in
developing countries is underweight.

8. ZERO HUNGER
A World food
programme that
prevents food wastage
and create a world
where there is no
hunger.
WAP-World’s largest
humanitarian agency
to fight against hunger.

9. ZERO HUNGER CHALLENGE
• Launched by UN Secretary-
General Mr.Bankimoon in June 2012
• He Announced a Global challenge: Create
the world where no one is hungry by 2030
• Mr.Bankimoon called this initiative as the
ZERO HUNGER CHALLENGE

10. AIM
It aims to End hunger
and ensure access by all
people in vulnerable
conditions including
infants to safe
nutritious &sufficient
food all year around.

11. THE CHALLENGES
• 1.Make all food systems are sustainable:
From production to consumption.
• 2.End rural poverty: Double small scalar
producers income &production.
• 3.Eliminate waste of food.
• 4.Access adequate food and healthy diets for
people.
• 5.End malnutrition.

13. 1.END POVERTY
Create jobs-When people have jobs
they have income.
Invest& implement agricultural
programmes
Educating woman programmes
Gender equality-Gender equality
raises household income.

15. 2.END MALNUTRITION
Proper education to people regarding
importance of food
Use modern agricultural techniques to
increase agricultural production
Government projects to provide healthy
food to infants and pregnant woman
Global public health and disease control
measures

16. 3.FOOD DONATION
Simplest way to fight hunger
Nowadays many mobile apps are
available to donate food.
E.g. –No food waste
 Feeding India
 Olio

17. 4.SUPPORT SMALL FARMERS
Governments &NGOs
support and train small
farmers is the best solution to
future food security
Buy organic foods
Buy local farmers
Volunteer at a small farm

18. 5.ROLLOUT BIOTECHNOLOGY
Produce climate
resilient crops for
higher yields and to
withstand climate
change
Gene splicing
crops-Help the plant
to withstand
drought &flood

19. 6.SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
Produce sufficient food to
meet the needs without
destroying ecological assets
Focus on producing long
term crops helping farmers
to improve their techniques
and quality of life

20. 7.AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES
Financial assistance
provided by the
Government
To ensure food
production and
encouragement

22. Don't waste food.
Those who are financially stable
should try &help to needy people
Those who are healthy should
try& volunteer to help them

23. If we want to see a world free of hunger by
2030,government, citizens, civil society
organization& private sectors must
coordinate to invest, innovate & create
permanent solutions