After a calculated and convincing survey, the United Nations have narrowed it down to 17 salient Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs in the year 2015. Among them, what might be often overlooked is the second goal. Which, according to me, can put an end to the global crisis. So, what is the second SDG? ‘Zero Hunger’ is what the UN aims to achieve by the year 2030. The goal targets to eradicate hunger and all forms of malnutrition and to double the agricultural productivity on this planet. Along with this, the genetic diversity of the flora and fauna is said to be taken care of.
Hunger is on the rise again globally as well as nutritionally, especially at this time where due to Covid-19, a lot of workplaces and factories are shut down and many daily wage workers must be going through the most difficult time of their life. If we look at it, on an average 25,000 people die on a daily basis because of hunger. That makes it 9.1 billion people die out of sheer necessity, i.e., food every year.
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In schools we’re taught the importance of food and good health. Now, health doesn’t always mean physiological, but also cannot not be downright traced to a healthy diet. Good food indicates good living, which further ensures a functioning well-being of our internal and external system. And in a world of 7.58 billion people, finding sufficient and nutritious food can be an onerous thing to do. Every person out there is trying to feed themselves or their family in some ways. And when we zoom out of this whole belief system, we can easily scrutinize how everything is linked to one another. A money-oriented world makes it exasperating for one to consume nourishing food. Those who don’t have money, steal or resort to other illegal means to fill their empty stomachs. In a society where money overlooks education, food is an insignificant cause of concern. But even if society is educated, we cannot fail to notice the fact that employment opportunities are limited to a few. And this is a circle, never-ending.
Our diet impacts our physical and mental health. Lack of adequate and nutritious food prevents students from excelling in academics, and the workers - giving out their best at the workplaces. We need to set up more agriculture-based platforms near the urban settlements which can drive investment into our poor neighborhood. This will help not only in creating job opportunities for the less fortunate, but also will provide ample food supplies. Our current policies make healthy food inaccessible to millions of people all over the world, whereas subsidized and ubiquitous food, which are the primary cause of health issues such as diabetes, heart attacks, blood pressure, etc., costs down the line.
Poverty is a direct cause of malnutrition, even in the countries where supermarkets are available. People who cannot afford healthy food, or food in general tend to come in contact with illness. Such illness or causes stop them from growing as a person, both physically and mentally. Achieving ‘Zero Hunger’ also shows how we can achieve other goals. Without food, one cannot attain education or good health; which further spoils the chances of them developing a livelihood for themselves and their generation. All in all, when many such cases are combined together, thousands of people are sitting inside their houses with no job and no source of income because of poor or unfortunate upbringing. This certainly affects the GDP of the country because the manpower that could be used to eradicate hunger is not put to use in a reliable or sustainable way.
So, basically what I’m trying to say is that we reap what we sow. If we’re not going to invest in the agriculture field in a sizable amount for the upcoming few years, we might not be able to increase our economy in an imperishable way.
In terms of employment, food habits play a major role. With proper and adequate healthy food provided, there’s a remarkable difference between the employees, who consume it and the ones who don’t. It increases productivity of the employee and decreases the turnover rates. A healthy lifestyle is the key to social and economic progress. A person with a healthy and fresh mind will be able to kindle ideas and find out profitable solutions. A healthy body, at the same time, will build up a steady metabolism and reduce the chances of the person falling sick. When a workplace with all of its employees follows a healthy routine, they are destined to their success.
Economic growth is often the key to help countries out of hunger and vice versa.
Another such benefit of ‘Zero Hunger’ is reduction in global warming. Every kid who has passed 5th grade knows what global warming is and how to tackle it. We have been overlooking the effect of climate change over the past few years. Pollution has brought a drastic change in the weather pattern, which now is unpredictable to certain extents. When the famine hits us, the farmers and the people below the poverty line are affected the most, leaving scarce food resources to them. Rising temperature affects the earth dramatically and may result in the soil losing its fertility. The world has warmed up to 1 degree Celsius, above pre-industrial levels due to human activity and is affecting our livelihood and food security throughout the world. The most obvious solution to this is plantation of trees in a pensive manner. We need to enforce a limit on consumption of the wood and simultaneously find an alternative source to replace wood. A numerous amount of cultivations can be executed, which interests both food sources and global warming. And with the increase in the number of trees planted each year, the habitat loss will be recovered soon, thus restoring the biodiversity of our planet.
So, as we take notes, we can conclude how by focusing majorly on the second SDG, ‘Zero Hunger’, we can overcome so many global crises one at a time. Not only by demolishing hunger we can save lives, but the lives saved will be healthy, progressive and will work for the betterment of our society.
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