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

Asian Nutrition Society for Sports and Health

ANSSH 2015 D

Asian Pacific Federation of the World's Poultry Science Association Branches

1981 Palmerston North New Zealand E

Asian Pan-Pacific Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition

APPSPGHAN 1976 Taipei Taiwan D

Asian Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Asia

AsiaDHRRA 1994 Quezon City Philippines E

Asian Population and Development Association

APDA 1982 Tokyo Japan G

Asian Population Association

APA 2007 Nakhon Pathom Thailand D

Asian Productivity Organization

APO 1961 Tokyo Japan D g

Asian Regional Association for Career Development

ARACD 1970 Sapporo Japan D

Asian Rural Women's Coalition

ARWC 2008 Penang Malaysia D

Asian Society of Agricultural Economists

ASAE D v

Asian-Pacific Regional Research and Training Centre for Integrated Fish Farming

IFFC 1978 Wuxi China E

Asociación Coordinadora Indigena y Campesina de Agroforesteria Comunitaria

ACICAFOC 1994 San José Costa Rica E

Asociación de la Industrias de Alimentación Animal de América Latina y Caribe

FEEDLATINA 2008 Montevideo Uruguay D t

Asociación Española para el Derecho Internacional de los Derechos Humanos

AEDIDH 2004 Luarca Spain G

Asociación Iberoamericana para el Derecho Alimentario

AIBADA 1985 Barcelona Spain G

Asociación Latinoamericana de Acuicultura

ALA 1977 Sao Paulo Brazil D

Asociación Latinoamericana de Avicultura

ALA 1970 Panama Panama D y

Asociación Latinoamericana de Botánica

ALB 1986 Havana Cuba D

Asociación Latinoamericana de Ciencia Politica

ALACIP Rio de Janeiro Brazil D

Asociación Latinoamericana de Estudiantes de Ciencias Forestales

ALECIF 1995 Linares Mexico D

Asociación Latinoamericana de Plantas de Rendimiento

ALAPRE 2012 D

Asociación Latinoamericana de Población

ALAP 2004 Rio de Janeiro Brazil D

Asociación Latinoamericana para el Desarrollo del Seguro Agropecuario

ALASA 1986 Santa Fé Argentina D

Asociación Latinoamericana para la Producción Animal

ALPA 1966 Calgary AB Canada D

Asociación Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ingeniería Agrícola

ALIA 1994 Santiago Chile D

ASPAFRIQUE-JICS-HFFUN

1990 New York NY USA G

Associated Country Women of the World

ACWW 1930 London UK B

Association africaine de microbiologie et d'hygiène alimentaire

AAMHA 1984 Sousse Tunisia D

Association de l'aviculture, de l'industrie et du commerce de volailles dans les pays de l'Union européenne

AVEC 1966 Brussels Belgium E yt

Association des Echanges Méditerranéens pour l'eau, la forêt, l'énergie, et le développement durable des territoires

AEM 2000 Paris France D

Association des femmes et des jeunes de la diaspora africaine pour le développement socio-éducatif et agricole de l'afrique

AFDEAA 2000 Dakar Senegal G

Association des organisations nationales d'entreprises de pêche de l'UE

EUROPECHE 1962 Brussels Belgium E

Association Européenne pour l'Etude de l'Alimentation et du Développement de l'Enfant

ADE 1976 Paris France F

Association for AgriCulture and Ecology

Agrecol 1982 Göttingen Germany G

Association for Aid and Relief - Japan

AAR 1979 Tokyo Japan G

Association for Better Land Husbandry

ABLH 1993 Nairobi Kenya G

Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education

AIAEE 1985 Cleveland OH USA N

Association for International Agriculture and Rural Development

AIARD 1964 Starkville MS USA G

Association for International Promotion of Gums

AIPG Hamburg Germany D

Association for Plant Breeding for the Benefit of Society

APBREBES 2009 Lausanne Switzerland C y

Association for Population / Family Planning Libraries and Information Centers - International

APLIC International 1968 Research Triangle Park NC USA G v

Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa

ASARECA 1994 Entebbe Uganda D

Association for the Development of International Exchanges in Agricultural and Agrifood Products and Techniques

1977 Paris France G

Association for Vertical Farming

AVF Munich Germany J

Association Forêt Méditerranéenne

1978 Marseille France G

Association François-Xavier Bagnoud

FXB International 1989 Geneva Switzerland G

Association internationale des assureurs de la production agricole

AIAG 1951 Zurich Switzerland C

Association internationale des musées d'agriculture

AIMA 1968 E

Association internationale forêts méditerranéennes

AIFM 1996 Marseille France D

Association internationale villes et ports - réseau mondial des villes portuaires

AIVP 1988 Le Havre France D

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