Zero Hunger

Sustainable Development Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improve nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

Click on the case studies below to find out what programs, projects and policies are being implemented in cities around the globe to accomplish Goal 2.

Learn more about the targets and indicators of SDG 2 at UN Sustainbale Development Knowledge Platform.

Case studies

39 case studies available.

West Louisville FoodPort
Louisville, United States

West Louisville FoodPort

Huge FoodPort project set to benefit small/medium farmers and reduce supply chain to bring consumers closer to their food sources.

Bogotá Sin Hambre: Bogota Without Hunger
Bogotá, Colombia

Bogotá Sin Hambre: Bogota Without Hunger

Bogota, Colombia has used urban agriculture and farmers markets to help alleviate poverty and undernutrition while addressing ill health.

PRODA - the Agri-Food Development Program
Neuquén Province, Argentina

PRODA - the Agri-Food Development Program

PRODA works with low-income women and families in the self-sufficient production of food and the strengthening of the family economy.

Urban Agriculture Ordinance
Chicago, United States

Urban Agriculture Ordinance

A reform of city laws to clarify existing rules and expand the opportunities for food growing and livestock rearing within municipal limits.

VicHealth Food for All Program
Melbourne , Australia

VicHealth Food for All Program

Five year Food for All program involved nine Victorian Municipalities taking a lead to address food insecurity.

Food Ladder Oasis for Afghan Women
Kabul, Afghanistan

Food Ladder Oasis for Afghan Women

Social enterprise project addressing food security of vulnerable women and their families in Afghanistan.

Modern facility for transforming cassava into attiéké in the Songon Kassemblé
Award
Abidjan, Ivory Coast

Modern facility for transforming cassava into a...

A pilot project to improve the living conditions of women and young people in the District of Abidjan

Strengthening the Women of El Alto (Bolivia) through Cultivation of Agricultural  Products
El Alto, Bolivia

Strengthening the Women of El Alto (Bolivia) th...

The project for self-sustaining agriculture focuses on local families and especially on the women who have organized themselves in almost 600 community organizations in order to take care of daily issues in residential areas.

Andernach – The Edible City
Andernach, Germany

Andernach – The Edible City

Not only is the city of Andernach creating more quality in public spaces, but with useful plants and extensive greening measures, it is providing a healthy town climate and promoting crop plant diversity while providing a welcome change in the menu for its citizens into the bargain.