8 / 21
Page 41
Food Science 2019
November 11-12, 2019
Food Science and Technology
November 11-12, 2019 | London, UK
3
rd
International Conference on
Volume 3
Applied Food Science Journal
Appl Food Sci J. | Volume 3
Global Food sustainability: An integrated policy approach to eliminate the hunger of over 815 million
people by 2030
Nurul S Aman
University of Massachusetts, USA
T
his research paper presentation is to bring the awareness of the biggest challenges in eliminating the world
hunger of 815 million people. The focus is to explain existing challenges faced by 500 million small farms
depending on the mercy of rain and related natural blessings to make their ends meet from traditional farming
methods. The issues of vulnerability of these farms in facing frequent natural calamities are further aggravated
by climate change caused by increasing global warming. The study indicates that seventy five percent of crop
diversity were lost in these farms mainly attributed to resource constraints to protect the crops and frequent natural
calamities. The study also found that over 4 billion people in the world still do not have access to clean water
for drinking and irrigation, with no access to electricity either, most of them living in rural areas depending their
livelihood on traditional farming methods. The increasing rate of water and energy poverty are found in those
500 million small farms, mostly in Southern Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, which have further aggravated the
growing problems of hunger and malnutrition among all ages of 815 million people. UN reports indicate that in
2016-2017, 281 million people in Southern Asia and 23 percent population in entire Sub-Saharan Africa suffer
from undernourishment. The same reports added that 45% of child mortality under age 5 worldwide are caused
by malnutrition, which is about over 3 million deaths per year, of which 66 million children in developing nations
go to schools hungry. In order to achieve food sustainability by achieving zero hunger policy initiative by the
UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, this research study has explored an integrated approach of policy
strategy to provide adequate technological, financial and management resources to these 500 million small farms.