30 Jun China: A Model for Zero Hunger?

Elektra Gea-Sereti

Sciences Po, Reims, France.

E-mail: elektra.geasereti@sciencespo.fr.

Abstract

For much of the world, going to sleep at night with a full stomach is habitual. Even with inflation and rising prices, people are still able to buy groceries. However, that is not the reality for a large portion of the world’s population. For them, going to sleep at night with a growling stomach, fear at the sight of food prices, and persistent malnutrition are the norm. These descriptions are why there exists a Zero Hunger Goal, which in essence aims to achieve zero hunger globally by 2030. This goal encapsulates a range of issues, from food prices, food insecurity, anaemia, and stunting etc. Upon glance, this goal is easy to scoff at. How can we achieve zero hunger everywhere? Yet, the resources and money do exist. The means, do not. One country that has heralded the movement towards Zero Hunger and has had large amounts of success is China. Even with challenges persisting, China has combined a technology-heavy and multipronged approach to combat Zero Hunger. From utilizing Big Earth Data to target agrarian sustainability, to creating social policies to spread awareness and education, China can be seen as a model for the international community when it comes to tackling a goal as momentous as Zero Hunger. This paper examines China’s 2022 report on Zero Hunger progress utilizing Big Earth data, and then analyzes its effectiveness as well as its other social policies. Lastly, this paper will consider some alternative approaches, such as individual-level actions that can be implemented to answer the large question of: can we have a zero hunger world?

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Keywords: SDG 2, Zero-Hunger, China