Focusing on opportunities for Higher Education to positively influence academic, innovation, and policy agendas, this synthesis of global approaches is an inspirational call to action for increasing meaningful engagement by universities and colleges to address SDG2 Zero Hunger.
In a post-COVID-19 pandemic era of cost-of-living crises and global displacements of people due to conflicts and climate challenges, food poverty is a growing and ever-pressing issue across both the Global North and the Global South. Presenting a collection of cases drawn from higher education research, teaching and learning, as well as campus and community-based initiatives, Higher Education and SDG2 addresses food security, nutrition, sustainable and resilient agriculture, and ending hunger for all.
Featuring chapters and cases from Australia, Canada, China, Indonesia, Italy, Malawi, Northern Ireland, Peru, Turkey, the UK, the USA, Vietnam and Zimbabwe, this edited collection demonstrates the fundamental role Higher Education has in helping deliver Zero Hunger. The chapters cover education, research and community engagement initiatives that aim to address how this issue impacts the nations that face the most widespread and severe effects of hunger, food insecurity, malnutrition, and unsustainable food systems. Focusing on opportunities for Higher Education to positively influence academic, innovation, and policy agendas, this synthesis of global approaches is an inspirational call to action for increasing meaningful engagement by universities and colleges to address SDG2 Zero Hunger.
Higher Education and the Sustainable Development Goals is a series of 17 books that address each of the SDGs through the lens of higher education. Adopting a solutions-based approach, each book focuses on how higher education is advancing delivery of Agenda 2030. The series is edited by Wendy Purcell, Professor with Rutgers University and Academic Research Scholar with Harvard University; Emeritus Professor and University President Emerita.
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This book offers a valuable opportunity for Higher Education Institutions to draw inspiration from actionable, scalable initiatives that can help expand their role in advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As engines of innovation and knowledge, universities act as think tanksbridging the gap between ideas and implementation across disciplines. The book showcases diverse pathways for both the sciences and humanities to contribute meaningfully to the global agenda.
By presenting comparative perspectives on pressing local challenges such as food insecurity and the promotion of sustainable agriculture, the book highlights how localized action can lay the foundation for robust global partnerships. Ultimately, it brings the SDGs homemaking them relevant, tangible, and attainable for universities around the world. -- Radhika Iyengar, Director of Education, Center for Sustainable Development, Columbia University.
PART
1. THE GLOBAL SOUTH RESEARCH-BASED POLICY AND COMMUNITY
PERSPECTIVES
Chapter
1. An Introduction to SDG2 Zero Hunger; Karen Cripps and Pariyarath
Sangeetha Thondre
Chapter
2. Urban Resilience from Agriculture: A Case Study of Ho Chi Minh
City in Vietnam; Quyen Vu Thi and Meri Juntti
Chapter
3. Consequences of Heavy Rain on Productivity of Sugar Companies in
Peru: A Causal Approach Towards Achieving SDG 2 Zero Hunger; Juan Diego
Zamudio Padilla and Constanza Flores Henríquez
Chapter
4. Food Security, Nutrition and Sustainable Agriculture Nexus: The
Role of Higher Education in Attainment of Zero Hunger in Zimbabwe; Prosper
Chopera, Tonderayi Matthew Matsungo, Sandra Bhatasara, Viren Ranawana,
Alberto Fiore, Faith Manditsera, and Lesley Macheka
Chapter
5. Contribution of Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural
Resources to the Attainment of SDG 2 in Malawi; Agnes Mbachi Mwangwela,
Vincent Mlotha, Alexander Archippus Kalimbira, William Kasapila , Jessica
Kampanje Phiri, Samuel Mwango, and Samson Pilanazo Katengeza
CASE STUDY: Diverse characteristics of daily dietary practices of Chinese
urban residents: The case of Guangzhou; Lin Jiahui and Zeng Guojun
PART
2. THE GLOBAL NORTH: TEACHING AND LEARNING, GOVERNANCE AND COMMUNITY
OUTREACH
Chapter
6. The Potential of Campus Food Gardens to Achieve Student Food
Literacy and Security in Australia; Sophia Lin, Cathy Sherry, Tema Milstein,
Seema Mihrshahi, and Sara Grafenauer
Chapter
7. Fostering Student Leadership: An International Student Challenge
to Address SDG2 Zero Hunger; Karen Oberer, Jolynn Shoemaker, and Thomas
Rosen-Molina
Chapter
8. A Compilation of Global Cases on Teaching and Learning and Campus
Stewardship
Triggering Change: An SDG2 Challenge Competition hosted by John Cabot
American University in Rome; Michèle Favorite and Silvia Carnini Pulino
Love Student Leftovers A Digital Student Cooking Competition in the UK and
Ireland; Karen Cripps, Pariyarath Sangeetha Thondre, and Jo Feehily
Zero hunger training for English Language teacher candidates in Turkey;
Ilknur Bayram and Özlem Canaran
Sustainable Food systems: A live event for accounting students at a
university in Northern Ireland; Xinwu He
Meeting development goals in education: An interdisciplinary approach focused
on food at the University of York; Tim Doheny-Adams, Ulrike Ehgartner, and
James Stockdale
Soul Food: How two Canadian students legacy saved 100, pounds of food; Matt
Hopley
When hunger is in your higher education classroom in the United States; Xenia
K. Morin
Karen Cripps is Senior Lecturer in Responsible Management and Leadership at Oxford Brookes University.
Pariyarath Sangeetha Thondre is Senior Lecturer in Nutrition at Oxford Brookes University.
