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2. Zero hunger

End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

SDG 2. Zero Hunger

End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture


Targets*

2.1 End hunger and ensure year-round access to safe, nutritious and sufficient food
2.2 End malnutrition and address the nutritional needs of adolescent girls, pregnant and lactating women and older persons
2.3 Double the agricultural productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers
2.4 Ensure sustainable food production systems and implement resilient agricultural practices
2.5 Maintain the genetic diversity of seeds, plants and animals though seed and plant banks and share benefits of genetic resources and traditional knowledge


Key insights

  • The prevalence of stunting among children under five years of age in the ASEAN region is high: roughly 4 in 10 in Lao PDR, 1 in 3 in Cambodia, Myanmar, Indonesia, and the Philippines, 1 in 4 in Vietnam, and 1 in 5 in Malaysia and Brunei.1
  • Between 10% and 15% of the population in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Vietnam still suffer from undernourishment.2


Business actions**

  1. Support farmers to increase yields and incomes from sustainable, small-scale agriculture
  2. Alter food manufacturing, distribution and retail to contribute to ending malnutrition and hunger in all communities surrounding company operations
  3. Work towards eliminating food waste and loss


Example

  • A Japanese insurer is providing agriculture-related products and developing new products in this field in Thailand, the Philippines, and Myanmar to reduce the burden oflosses for agricultural producers while driving market development.2
  • A Singaporean rice producer operating in several countries in the ASEAN region contributes to increased farmer income by buying directly from farmers, thereby circumventing middlemen, by providing inputs, and by facilitating the consolidation of land, thereby increasing efficiency.3

Thought Leadership

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* All targets for SDG 1 to 17 have been derived from the United Nations Statistics Division (2018), from: https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/indicators/indicators-list/
** All business actions for SDG 1 to 17 have been derived from the United Nations Global Compact (2017), from: https://www.unglobalcompact.org/library/5461
1 Asian Development Bank (2018), from: https://www.adb.org/publications/key-indicators-asia-and-pacific-2018
2 Gohara (2018), from: https://events.development.asia/materials/20180316/agricultural-market-efforts-southeast-asia-case-myanmar-and-thailand
3 Dana Facility (2018), from:
http://www.danafacility.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/DaNa_IBreport.pdf

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