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

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UNHCR 1951 Geneva Switzerland E g

United Nations Mine Action Service

UNMAS 1997 New York NY USA E g

United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service

NGLS 1975 New York NY USA E g

United Nations Office at Geneva

UNOG Geneva Switzerland E g

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

UNDRR 1999 Geneva Switzerland E g

United Nations Office for Project Services

UNOPS 1973 Copenhagen Denmark E g

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

OCHA 1992 New York NY USA E g

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

UNODC 1997 Vienna Austria E g

United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

UNPFII 2000 New York NY USA E g

United Nations Population Fund

UNFPA 1967 New York NY USA F fg

United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe

UNRIC 2004 Brussels Belgium E g

United Nations Sustainable Development Group

UNSDG 1997 New York NY USA E g

United Nations Volunteers

UNV 1971 Bonn Germany F g

United Regions Organisation/FOGAR

2007 Barcelona Spain C

Unity of Nations Action for Climate Change Council

UNAccc 2021 Vadodara India G

Universal Association of Professional Colleges and Universities

UAPCU 2018 Manila Philippines G t

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

UDHR 1948 New York NY USA T g

Universal Peace and Violence Amelioration Centre

UPVAC 2015 Jos Nigeria G

Universities Fighting World Hunger

UFWH 2004 Auburn AL USA J

University of the Arctic

UArctic 2001 Rovaniemi Finland D

Unto

Plano TX USA G

UNU Institute for Natural Resources in Africa

UNU-INRA 1986 Accra Ghana E j

UNUM OMNES International Council of Catholic Men

ICCM 1948 Vatican City Vatican C

UPA International Development

UPA DI 1993 Longueuil QC Canada G

Urban Farming

Southfield MI USA N

Valid International

1999 Oxford UK G

VALID Nutrition Limited

2008 Bantry Ireland F

Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences

Wageningen Netherlands G

Vegan Society

1944 Hockley UK N

Vereniging Tropische Bossen

VTB 1981 Wageningen Netherlands G

Verra

2005 Washington DC USA F

Vétérinaires Sans Frontières International

VSF International 1989 Brussels Belgium F

Vitamin Angels

2004 Santa Barbara CA USA G

Vitamin D Workshop

VDW 1973 S c

Volontariato Internazionale Donna Educazione Sviluppo

VIDES 1987 Rome Italy F

War Child International

1993 Amsterdam Netherlands F

Water Europe

WE 2004 Brussels Belgium E y

Web alliance for Regreening in Africa

W4RA 2009 Amsterdam Netherlands G

WEC International

WEC 1913 Coventry UK F v

WeForest

2008 Brussels Belgium F

Wellspring International Outreach

WIO 2008 N

WELLSTART International

1977 San Clemente CA USA G

Welthungerhilfe

1962 Bonn Germany G

West Africa Society of Agricultural Engineering

WASAE 2001 J

West African Association for the Development of Artisanal Fisheries

WADAF 1992 Dakar Senegal D

West African Association of Food Science and Technology

WAAFoST 2008 Guelph ON Canada D

West African Centre for Rural and Agricultural Credit Training

WACRACT Nairobi Kenya S c

West African Network of Farmers' Organizations and Agricultural Producers

2000 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso F

West African Women's Association

WAWA 1984 Dakar Senegal E

West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development

WECARD 1987 Dakar Senegal F

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