Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Zero Hunger


It is time to rethink how we grow, share and consume our food. If done right, agriculture, forestry and fisheries can provide nutritious food for all and generate decent incomes, while supporting people-centered rural development and protecting the environment.

Right now, our soils, freshwater, oceans, forests and biodiversity are being rapidly degraded. Climate change is putting even more pressure on the resources we depend on, increasing risks associated with disasters, such as droughts and floods. Many rural women and men can no longer make ends meet on their land, forcing them to migrate to cities in search of opportunities. Poor food security is also causing millions of children to be stunted, or too short for the ages, due to severe malnutrition.

A profound change of the global food and agriculture system is needed if we are to nourish the 815 million people who are hungry today and the additional 2 billion people expected to be undernourished by 2050. Investments in agriculture are crucial to increasing the capacity for agricultural productivity and sustainable food production systems are necessary to help alleviate the perils of hunger.

Name Acronym Founded City HQ Country/Territory HQ Type I Type II

Rodale Institute

RI 1985 Kutztown PA USA G j

ROKPA INTERNATIONAL

1980 Zurich Switzerland F

Rothamsted International

1993 Harpenden UK G

Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade

Rotterdam convention 1998 Rome Italy T g

Royal Agricultural Society of the Commonwealth

RASC 1957 Norwich UK F

Rural Investment Support for Europe Foundation

RISE Foundation 2006 Brussels Belgium F f

Rural Youth Europe

1957 Helsinki Finland E

Rutgers

1987 Utrecht Netherlands F f

SAARC Agriculture Centre

SAC 1989 Dhaka Bangladesh K g

SAARC Forestry Centre, Bhutan

J gp

Safeguard for Agricultural Varieties in Europe

SAVE Foundation 1993 Wageningen Netherlands F f

Safety and Health in Agriculture Convention

2001 Geneva Switzerland T g

Sail For Ethics

S4E 1996 Court-Saint-Etienne Belgium G

SALEM International

1957 Stadtsteinach Germany G

Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement

SSM 1958 Moratuwa Sri Lanka G

Sasakawa Africa Association

SAA Tokyo Japan F

Scaling Up Nutrition Movement

SUN Movement 2010 Geneva Switzerland F y

ScanBalt

2004 Tartu Estonia D

Scandinavian Society of Forest Economics

SSFE 1958 Frederiksberg Denmark D

School Meals Coalition

2021 J g

SCI Foundation

2002 London UK G f

Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund

SCIAF 1965 Glasgow UK G f

SDG Watch Europe

F y

Seafood Importers and Processors Alliance

SIPA 2002 Kontich Belgium D yt

SEAMEO Regional Centre for Food and Nutrition

SEAMEO RECFON 1970 Jakarta Indonesia E g

SEAMEO TROPMED Regional Centre for Public Health, Hospital Administration, Environmental and Occupational Health

Manila Philippines E g

Seaweed for Europe

J

Secours catholique - Caritas France

1946 Paris France G

Secretariat for the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

Ozone Secretariat 1989 Nairobi Kenya E g

Seed Programs International

SPI 1998 Asheville NC USA G

SeedTree

1995 Stockton Springs ME USA G

Self Help Africa

SHA 2008 Dublin Ireland F

Self-Help International

1959 Waverly IA USA G

Semi-Arid Food Grain Research and Development

AU SAFGRAD 1977 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso E g

Serge

1983 Jenkintown PA USA N

Serve the City International

2005 Brussels Belgium F

Service Civil International

SCI 1920 Antwerp Belgium B

Serviteurs de Marie-Immaculée

1885 Nowe Miasto nad Pilica Poland R

Sewa International

1993 New Delhi India G

Share Our Strength

SOS 1984 Washington DC USA G

Shelter for Life

SFL 1979 Maple Grove MN USA G

Sight and Life

1986 Basel Switzerland F

Social Agriculture Network

SAN 1991 San José Costa Rica F

Sociedad Latinoamericana de Nutrición

SLAN 1964 Caracas Venezuela D

Société française de nutrition

SFN 1963 Paris France G

Société Francophone Nutrition Clinique et Métabolisme

SFNCM 1982 Paris France D

Society for Development Alternatives

1983 Delhi India G

Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior

SNEB 1967 Indianapolis IN USA D

Society for the Advancement of Breeding Research in Asia and Oceania

SABRAO 1968 Daejeon Korea Rep D

Solar Cookers International

SCI 1987 Sacramento CA USA F

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