Editing Hunger (section)

===Global===
The United Nations is central to global efforts to relieve hunger, most especially through the [[FAO]], and also via other agencies: such as [[WFP]], [[IFAD]], [[WHO]] and [[UNICEF]]. After the [[Millennium Development Goals]] expired in 2015, the [[Sustainable Development Goals]] (SDGs) became key objectives to shape the world's response to development challenges such as hunger. In particular [[Sustainable Development Goal 2|Goal 2]]: ''Zero Hunger'' sets globally agreed targets to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/hunger/|title=Hunger and food security - United Nations Sustainable Development|access-date=28 June 2017|archive-date=10 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210035826/https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/hunger/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name = "FAOintro"/><ref name = "FSIN2020April"/>

Aside from the UN agencies themselves, hundreds of other actors address the problem of hunger on the global level, often involving participation in large umbrella organisations. These include national governments, religious groups, international charities and in some cases international corporations. Though except perhaps in the cases of dedicated charities, the priority these organisations assign to hunger relief may vary from year to year. In many cases the organisations partner with the UN agencies, though often they pursue independent goals. For example, [[Post-2015 Development Agenda|as consensus began to form]] for the SDG ''zero hunger'' goal to aim to end hunger by 2030, a number of organizations formed initiatives with the more ambitious target to achieve this outcome early, by 2025:
* In 2013 Caritas International started a Caritas-wide initiative aimed at ending systemic hunger by 2025. The One human family, food for all campaign focuses on awareness raising, improving the impact of Caritas programs and advocating the implementation of the right to food.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caritas.org/2013/12/pope-francis-denounces-global-scandal-hunger/|title=Pope Francis denounces 'global scandal' of hunger|date=9 December 2013|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-date=19 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191119135857/https://www.caritas.org/2013/12/pope-francis-denounces-global-scandal-hunger/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* The partnership Compact2025, led by [[International Food Policy Research Institute|IFPRI]] with the involvement of UN organisations, NGOs and private foundations<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.compact2025.org/about-compact2025/governance/leadership-council/|title=Leadership Council|website=www.compact2025.org|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-date=5 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105052340/http://www.compact2025.org/about-compact2025/governance/leadership-council/|url-status=usurped}}</ref> develops and disseminates evidence-based advice to politicians and other decision-makers aimed at ending hunger and undernutrition in the coming 10 years, by 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ifpri.org/publication/compact-2025-ending-hunger-and-undernutrition|title=Compact2025: Ending hunger and undernutrition - IFPRI|website=www.ifpri.org|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-date=29 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129073235/https://www.ifpri.org/publication/compact-2025-ending-hunger-and-undernutrition|url-status=live}}</ref> It bases its claim that hunger can be ended by 2025 on a report by [[Shenggen Fan]] and [[Paul Polman]] that analyzed the experiences from Russia, China, Vietnam, Brazil and Thailand and concludes that eliminating hunger and undernutrition was possible by 2025.<ref name="IFPRI2013"/>
* In June 2015, the [[European Union]] and the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]] launched a partnership to combat undernutrition especially in children. The program would initially be implemented in Bangladesh, Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Laos and Niger and will help these countries to improve information and analysis about nutrition so they can develop effective national nutrition policies.<ref>European Commission Press release. June 2015. [http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-15-5104_en.htm EU launches new partnership to combat Undernutrition with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526180626/http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-15-5104_en.htm |date=26 May 2019 }}. Accessed on 1 November 2015</ref>

==== Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG 2 or Goal 2) ====
The objective of [[Sustainable Development Goal 2|SDG 2]] is to "end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote [[sustainable agriculture]]" by 2030. SDG2 recognizes that dealing with hunger is not only based on increasing food production but also on proper markets, access to land and technology and increased and efficient incomes for farmers.<ref>{{Cite web|last=sdg indicators|first=end hunger|title=Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture|url=https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2017/goal-02/|access-date=23 September 2020|archive-date=29 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929104608/https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2017/goal-02/|url-status=live}}</ref>

A report by the [[International Food Policy Research Institute]] (IFPRI) of 2013 argued that the emphasis of the SDGs should be on eliminating hunger and under-nutrition, rather than on poverty, and that attempts should be made to do so by 2025 rather than 2030.<ref name="IFPRI2013">Fan, Shenggen and Polman, Paul. 2014. [http://ebrary.ifpri.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15738coll2/id/128045 An ambitious development goal: Ending hunger and undernutrition by 2025] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019143330/http://ebrary.ifpri.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15738coll2/id/128045 |date=19 October 2017 }}. In 2013 Global food policy report. Eds. Marble, Andrew and Fritschel, Heidi. Chapter 2. pp. 15–28. Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).</ref> The argument is based on an analysis of experiences in Russia, China, Vietnam, Brazil, and Thailand and the fact that people suffering from severe hunger face extra impediments to improving their lives, whether it be by education or work. Three pathways to achieve this were identified: 1) agriculture-led; 2) social protection- and nutrition- intervention-led; or 3) a combination of both of these approaches.<ref name="IFPRI2013"/>