Healthy School Meal Recipe Challenge
Why do I have to do these challenges? Because your culinary passion can make a real difference. Did you know that according to the World Food Programme (WFP.org), 135 million people suffer from acute hunger, often due to man-made conflicts, climate change, and economic downturns? Imagine spending a whole day without being able to eat – the psychological and, especially, physical consequences are devastating.
But it’s not just about numbers; it’s about lives. Millions of children worldwide are suffering the effects of hunger. In 2019, the United Nations reported that ‘144 million children under age 5 were affected by stunting.’ We must raise awareness about the importance of ensuring that no one in any corner of the world goes hungry.
With small actions, we can make a big impact. By joining our challenges, you’re supporting Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG2), which aims to end hunger, achieve food security, and promote sustainable agriculture. Together, let’s raise awareness about not wasting food and the importance of nourishing our communities. Discover all the challenges we have in place to make a positive change. Ready to cook up a better world? Join us!
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SDG2
Facts and Figures
Targets
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Hey there, fellow food aficionados! Wondering why you should dive into these delectable challenges? Well, here’s the inside scoop: Your culinary creativity can revolutionize the school meal experience for the better! Imagine this: Mouthwatering, nutritious school meals that have everyone clamoring for seconds. That’s our delicious mission, and you’re the culinary hero we’re looking for.
Do you have a tantalizing recipe that’s all your own? We’re all ears, and taste buds! Join our fantastic mission to whip up school meals that not only boast supreme healthiness but are also seriously scrumptious.
Ready to roll up your sleeves and cook up a change? Your culinary passion is the secret ingredient, and together, we’ll make kids’ lives yummier, one recipe at a time! Come on, let’s make a difference in the most scrumptious way – through food! Join us in the kitchen, and let’s stir things up!
SDG2
After decades of steady decline, the number of people who suffer from hunger – as measured by the prevalence of undernourishment – began to slowly increase again in 2015. Current estimates show that nearly 690 million people are hungry, or 8.9 percent of the world population – up by 10 million people in one year and by nearly 60 million in five years.
The world is not on track to achieve Zero Hunger by 2030. If recent trends continue, the number of people affected by hunger would surpass 840 million by 2030.
According to the World Food Programme, 135 million suffer from acute hunger largely due to man-made conflicts, climate change and economic downturns. The COVID-19 pandemic could now double that number, putting an additional 130 million people at risk of suffering acute hunger by the end of 2020.
With more than a quarter of a billion people potentially at the brink of starvation, swift action needs to be taken to provide food and humanitarian relief to the most at-risk regions.
At the same time, a profound change of the global food and agriculture system is needed if we are to nourish the more than 690 million people who are hungry today – and the additional 2 billion people the world will have by 2050. Increasing agricultural productivity and sustainable food production are crucial to help alleviate the perils of hunger.
Facts and Figures
Hunger
- Current estimates are that nearly 690 million people are hungry, or 8.9 percent of the world population – up by 10 million people in one year and by nearly 60 million in five years.
- The majority of the world’s undernourished – 381 million – are still found in Asia. More than 250 million live in Africa, where the number of undernourished is growing faster than anywhere in the world.
- In 2019, close to 750 million – or nearly one in ten people in the world – were exposed to severe levels of food insecurity.
- An estimated 2 billion people in the world did not have regular access to safe, nutritious and sufficient food in 2019.
- If recent trends continue, the number of people affected by hunger will surpass 840 million by 2030, or 9.8 percent of the global population.
- 144 million children under age 5 were affected by stunting in 2019, with three quarters living in Southern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
- In 2019, 6.9 per cent (or 47 million) children under 5 were affected by wasting, or acute undernutrition, a condition caused by limited nutrient intake and infection.
Targets
2.1 By 2030, end hunger and ensure access by all people, in particular the poor and people in vulnerable situations, including infants, to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year round.
2.2 By 2030, end all forms of malnutrition, including achieving, by 2025, the internationally agreed targets on stunting and wasting in children under 5 years of age, and address the nutritional needs of adolescent girls, pregnant and lactating women and older persons.
2.3 By 2030, double the agricultural productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers, in particular women, indigenous peoples, family farmers, pastoralists and fishers, including through secure and equal access to land, other productive resources and inputs, knowledge, financial services, markets and opportunities for value addition and non-farm employment.
2.4 By 2030, ensure sustainable food production systems and implement resilient agricultural practices that increase productivity and production, that help maintain ecosystems, that strengthen capacity for adaptation to climate change, extreme weather, drought, flooding and other disasters and that progressively improve land and soil quality.
2.5 By 2020, maintain the genetic diversity of seeds, cultivated plants and farmed and domesticated animals and their related wild species, including through soundly managed and diversified seed and plant banks at the national, regional and international levels, and promote access to and fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge, as internationally agreed.
2.A Increase investment, including through enhanced international cooperation, in rural infrastructure, agricultural research and extension services, technology development and plant and livestock gene banks in order to enhance agricultural productive capacity in developing countries, in particular least developed countries.
2.B Correct and prevent trade restrictions and distortions in world agricultural markets, including through the parallel elimination of all forms of agricultural export subsidies and all export measures with equivalent effect, in accordance with the mandate of the Doha Development Round.
2.C Adopt measures to ensure the proper functioning of food commodity markets and their derivatives and facilitate timely access to market information, including on food reserves, in order to help limit extreme food price volatility.