Items tagged with SEGURIDAD ALIMENTARIA

Hunger and food insecurity are scourges that arise in several countries; Costa Rica is no exception. To counteract this evil and others of humanity, the United Nations Organization launched the 2030 Agenda in 2015, with 17 sustainable development goals, one of which is number 2, which seeks to eliminate hunger. Costa Rica has made progress on the goals of this, although there is still much to do, since the Covid-19 pandemic meant a slowdown in the achievement of these goals. 

According to Action Against Hunger, food insecurity in Nigeria registers a figure of 1.74 million children who suffered from malnutrition in the northern region of the country during 2022, while, by February 2023, just over 1.8 million of the inhabitants of Borno state have been internally displaced due to the activity of armed groups and bandits (OIM, 2023), and also, the several droughts, floods and land degradation due to climate change.

The sustainable development goal#2 or “zero hunger” aims at ending hunger and malnutrition, and proposes five targets covering nutrition, food security, agriculture and biodiversity. Nutrition is a critical part of health, as malnutrition poses significant and direct threats to human health. Thus, tackling malnutrition can contribute to global health throughout many different pathways.