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Journal of Food Technology and Preservation | Volume: 3
ISSN: 2591-796X
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his research paper presentation is to bring
the awareness of the biggest challenges in
eliminating the world hunger of over 800 million
people. The focus is to discuss how to take strategic
policy initiatives to meet the 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. Out of the 66 million hungry children, 23
million are from Sub-Saharan Africa alone. A list
of policy implications and strategic initiatives are
recommended to achieve food sustainability with
a goal of zero hunger by 2030 set by the United
Nations.
Speaker Biography
NurulSamiulAman isasenior lecturerattheUniversityofMassachusetts
Boston, Boston, USA with specialization in financial economics and
sustainable development with over 28 years of teaching experience
at major colleges in Boston, USA. He is an author of macroeconomics
principles textbook published in 2018. He earned his PhD from Capella
University, Minneapolis, MN, USA; MA in Economics andMBA in Finance
from Northeastern University, Boston. He also serves as a member of
the Editorial Board of Asian Journal of Inclusive Education (AJIE), a peer
reviewed journal for inclusive education and development. He also
teaches overseas as a visiting professor at different universities in China.
He also organizes and hosts International Conferences on Sustainable
Development Goals at the Harvard University in collaboration with
Government of Bangladesh. He previously worked as a business control
manager of information technology departments in high technology
companies including IBM.
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nurul.aman@umb.eduNurul Samiul Aman
University of Massachusetts, USA
Strategic policy initiative on UN sustainable development goals
eliminating hunger of over 800 million people globally
Nurul Samiul Aman, J Food Technol Pres, Volume:3
DOI: 10.4066/2591-796X-C2-007