ODS #2: Erradicação da fome • IBGE Explica

Hello! Welcome to the IBGE Explains Special Series about the Sustainable Development Goals! Now we're going to talk about the 2nd goal!

You know when you get a bit hungry? Well, but here we're not going to talk about being hungry between meals. We’re going to talk about being really hungry.

. . empty pots, empty stomach, empty hope.

. . The second of the 17 goals is to “Zero Hunger”, i.

e. , “End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture. ” Hunger is a problem that achieves nearly 800 million people around the world, so 1 person out of each 9 doesn't have food enough to live an active, healthy life.

That makes hunger the major health risk factor in the world, surpassing AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis altogether. Every year, malnutrition is responsible for almost half (45%) of the deaths of children below 5. That represents 3.

1 million children every year. Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa are the regions in the world where this issue is mostly seen. Alarming data, isn’t it?

What if I told you today the world produces enough food for everyone? Some studies show that we produce food for 10 billion people! Unfortunately, although the production is enough for everybody, problems such as poverty, uneven income and property distribution, natural disasters, conflicts, population growth, waste, losses during transportation and political issues make an enormous amount of the population starve.

It is not enough to eradicate hunger, though! It is necessary to make sure all people, particularly the poorest and most vulnerable, like pregnant women breast-feeders, elderly and children, can have safe, nutritious and enough food the whole year. Until 2030, some proposed measures, such as the incentive to the sustainable use of land with even access to it, should be able to change this situation.

Eradicating hunger is just the second step towards a fairer world. The other goals are also here in our channel! Don't forget to check them out!

! See you!