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  ZERO HUNGER: GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES AND POSSIBILITIES Harshit Sejra (BJ20140) | Madhavpreet Singh Saini (BJ20147) | Ruchi Agarwal (BJ20164) | Sneha Jain (BJ20172) | Vaibhav Sharma (BJ20178) | Vikram Bansal (BJ20181)   When the world leaders met in Rio de Janeiro and discussed the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and laid the foundation for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), about 165 million children were stunted due to malnutrition [1] . Current estimates show that more than 690 million people are hungry (measured by the prevalence of undernutrition) world over [2] . This makes 8.9% of the world population. What is worse is that 135 million suffer from acute hunger because of human-made conflicts, climate change and economic downturns [3] , i.e., easily avoidable reasons. Moreover, the current Covid pandemic could double this number by the end of 2020. It is in this context that the SDG 2 Zero Hunger becomes all the more critical. Realizing the extent to which h...

How do we starve global hunger?   Authored by:  Aniket Biswas Burman BJ20007, Anugrah Agnihotri BJ20009, Nandana Varshney BJ20030, Nandu Krishnan A BJ20031, Praveen Kumar BJ20037, Rudrani Bose BJ20043   Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the bedrocks upon which the sustainability of future generations depends. “Achieving Zero Hunger by 2030” is one such initiative that comes under the purview of global SDGs. Here’s a hypothetical scenario, imagine one fine morning you wake up hungry and look for food in your ho me . After tirelessly searching, you decide to grab some food from outside but don’t have any money in your wallet, not even in your home. Your stomach is growling with hunger, and adding to your horror, even your family can’t provide you with meals. A very dark hypothetical scenario. Isn’t it? Unfortunately, this is the harsh  reality for many . In 2019, 8.9% of the world ’s  population tantamount to 690 million people, went to bed empty stomach. M...