SDG 2: Zero Hunger

Because of the acute global impacts of climate change and Covid-19, combating hunger and malnutrition, and improving the functioning of food systems, are now an even greater priority of national and international policymakers around the world than they were when the UN Sustainable Development Goals were announced in 2015. Research that can help deliver insights and solutions towards the reduction of hunger, as targeted by SDG 2, is a major publishing focus of Springer Nature’s SDG Programme, whether in biotechnology or in geography, whether in agronomy or in economics, whether in nutrition or in international law. Here we present a selection of books, journals and magazines content that highlights our commitment to addressing SDG 2.

Blogs

International Year of Fruits and Vegetables: Perspectives from an environmental physicist

International Year of Fruits and Vegetables: Perspectives from an environmental scientist

For SDG2 Researchers

Discover SDG 2 researchers' attitudes towards societal impact in this repository for viewing/downloading, part of a larger project in partnership with the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU), exploring the role of open research in accelerating progress on global societal challenges. Learn more.

Submissions Welcome

Fruits and vegetable microbiomes and their important interactions for global food production

In support of the UN International Year of Fruits and Vegetables, we invite research and review papers in a new cross-journal collection. Submissions are welcomed to either Environmental Microbiome or Annals of Microbiology.

Submissions Deadline: 31st December 2021

Submissions Welcome

Food security and food systems

In support of SDG2 and in preparation of the UN Food System Summit taking place in September 2021 and its aspirations, BMC Public Health has launched this collection which welcomes submissions that contribute to our understanding towards achieving the provision of access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to all people.

Books & Journals

Books

Journals

Articles and Chapters

Nutritional potential of edible insects: a systematic review of published data

from International Journal of Tropical Insect Science

Authors: Johnson Weru et al.

Springer 20 px © Springer Nature 2020

Climate-smart champagne

from Climate-Smart Food

Open access

Author: Dave Reay

Commercialisation of Rice Farming in Northeast Thailand

from White Gold: The Commercialisation of Rice Farming in the Lower Mekong Basin

Open access

Authors: Pornsiri Suebpongsang et al.

Palgrave Macmillan 20 px © Springer Nature 2020

Without food, there can be no exit from the pandemic

from Nature

Authors: Máximo Torero

Nature Research 25 px © Springer Nature 2020

Algae and their potential for a future bioeconomy, landless food production, and the socio-economic impact of an algae industry

from Organic Agriculture

Open access

Authors: Jörg Ullmann et al.

Springer 20 px © Springer Nature 2020

Why breed disease-resilient livestock, and how?

from Genetics Selection Evolution

Open access

Authors: Pieter W. Knap et al.

BMC Logo 20 px © Springer Nature 2020

Combined innovations in public policy, the private sector and culture can drive sustainability transitions in food systems

from Nature Food

Authors: Emily Moberg et al.

Nature Research 25 px © Springer Nature 2020

Food Anxiety: Ambivalences Around Body and Identity, Food Safety, and Security

from Food Anxiety in Globalising Vietnam

Open access

Authors: Judith Ehlert et al.

Palgrave Macmillan 20 px © Springer Nature 2020

Introduction: Thinking Through Veganism

from Thinking Veganism in Literature and Culture

Authors: Emelia Quinn et al.

Palgrave Macmillan 20 px © Springer Nature 2020

Malnutrition and poverty in India: does the use of public distribution system matter?

from BMC Nutrition

Open access

Authors: Basant Kumar Panda et al.

BMC Logo 20 px © Springer Nature 2020

Global dietary convergence from 1970 to 2010 altered inequality in agriculture, nutrition and health

from Nature Food

Authors: Winnie Bell et al.

Nature Research 25 px © Springer Nature 2020

Integrated pest management: good intentions, hard realities. A review

from Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Open access

Authors: Jean-Philippe Deguine et al.

Springer 20 px © Springer Nature 2020

Can fair trade resolve the “hungry farmer paradox”?

from Review of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Studies

Authors: Ninon Sirdey et al.

Springer 20 px © Springer Nature 2020

A hidden side of the COVID-19 pandemic in children: the double burden of undernutrition and overnutrition

from International Journal for Equity in Health

Open access

Authors: Boutaina Zemrani et al.

Urban poverty and nutrition challenges associated with accessibility to a healthy diet: a global systematic literature review

from International Journal for Equity in Health

Open access

Authors: Mireya Vilar-Compte et al.

Effects of climate and land-use changes on fish catches across lakes at a global scale

from Nature Communications

Open access

Authors: Yu-Chun Kao et al.

Focuses and Collections

Global biodiversity policy post-2020

Biodiversity is being lost globally, at devastating rates. The 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity will finalise a global biodiversity conservation framework for 2020-2050.

Bioactive proteins and peptides

Bioactive proteins and peptides are considered as important ingredients in functional foods, nutraceuticals and pharmaceuticals. The aim of the special issue is to provide innovative, original research and comprehensive reviews that reflect the latest developments in the field.

One Health in Aquaculture

Aquaculture is one of the fastest-growing and highly traded food sectors and will become increasingly important in future food systems. This Collection highlights research and commentary on sustainable development of the aquaculture sector incorporating One Health principles - recognizing the interconnected health and well-being of people, animals, plants, and their shared environment.

Springer Nature Communities

The Springer Nature Communities support our SDG Programme. Read recently published posts from researchers working to solve SDG2 related challenges.

Nature Climate Change: Tapping into farmers' bounty to meet the Sustainable Development Goals

Crop diversity can help us adapt to a rapidly changing world by ensuring the production of nutritious, sustainably produced food from local farming.

Nature: Crop Maps to Help Tackle Hidden Hunger

A recent study shows that the nutritional quality of the diets of people in Ethiopia and Malawi is influenced strongly by where they happen to live in those countries.

Nature Communications: Shrinking Salmon Impact Nature and People

Four species of Pacific salmon in Alaska have gotten smaller over the past 60 years. This decline in size is primarily due to decreasing age, caused by a combination of factors, and may be impacting the ecological role of salmon and their value for commercial and subsistence fisheries.

SDG 2: Zero Hunger

Blogs

International Year of Fruits and Vegetables: Perspectives from an environmental physicist

International Year of Fruits and Vegetables: Perspectives from an environmental scientist

For SDG2 Researchers

Submissions Welcome

Submissions Welcome

Explore our Content

Books & Journals

Books

Journals

Articles and Chapters

Focuses and Collections

Global biodiversity policy post-2020

Bioactive proteins and peptides

One Health in Aquaculture

Springer Nature Communities

Nature Climate Change: Tapping into farmers' bounty to meet the Sustainable Development Goals

Nature: Crop Maps to Help Tackle Hidden Hunger

Nature Communications: Shrinking Salmon Impact Nature and People

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