Achieving the sustainable development goal in eliminating hunger, achieving food security and improved nutrition, and promoting sustainable agriculture in the Arab world : reality, challenges and solutions

Abstract EN

Nutrition and food are among the necessities of human existence; therefore, the second goal of sustainable development was devoted to finding lasting solutions to meet nutritional need.

This research came to identify the reality of achieving the eradication of hunger, providing food security and improved nutrition, and promoting sustainable agriculture in the Arab world, with a focus on the overall challenges facing the Arab countries in achieving this goal.

The study found that only a few Arab countries are on the right track to get rid of hunger problems, and with the Covid-19 crisis, which negatively affected the economy in general and farmers and food production in particular the situation worsened.

Hence, Arab countries must raise the level of financing and investment in the agricultural sector, shift towards more sustainable agricultural systems, improve the infrastructure of agricultural value chains, and use innovative technology to improve productivity and water use efficiency.