[OSGeo-Discuss] Zero Hunger Aim

[Suchith Anand]

Colleagues,


5 years ago, the GODAN Summit in New York,  brought together world leaders, governments, universities, farmers, students and others – public, private and non-profit united around a collaboration on agriculture and nutrition data openness. The Summit was a commitment made by five visionary GODAN partners that planned and organized the event - the Governments of the United States, United Kingdom and Kenya, and the ONE Campaign and Presidents United to Solve Hunger (PUSH) [1].


The BBC article on GODAN Summit and the High level forum at the United Nations  at   https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37353865


Nearly 800 million people struggle with debilitating hunger and malnutrition in every corner of the globe. That’s one in every nine people, with the majority being women and children. We are convinced that the solution to Zero Hunger lies within existing, but often unavailable, agriculture and nutrition data.


Hidden hunger is a growing issue in developed economies.  I would like to thank all UK universities who have shared their research projects and publications on their work on  food poverty alleviation initiatives in the UK. We have updated them at the WG on Food Poverty website at

https://www.godan.info/working-group-food-poverty


The recording of our latest WG webinar at https://www.godan.info/news/uk-food-poverty-measurement-and-risk-mitigation


I would like to thank University of Southampton colleagues for sharing their work on topics addressing food poverty alleviation, using Geospatial Science and open data.


Our next webinar will be from University of York (more details will be sent soon).


I request colleagues to please share any information on research projects, publications on food poverty alleviation initiatives in the UK and worldwide. We are looking forward for your participation in this Working Group and contribute your expertise for our collective mission to end hunger and poverty, both locally and globally.


I am grateful to everyone, everywhere working for Zero Hunger Aim.


Best wishes,


Suchith



[1] https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2016/08/10/open-data-can-help-feed-hungry-world


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From: Suchith Anand <ezasa7 at exmail.nottingham.ac.uk>
Sent: 07 February 2021 13:24
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Subject: Zero Hunger Aim



Dear colleagues,


A large focus of the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) mandate is working towards ZeroHunger on a global scale. On behalf of GODAN, I would like to welcome everyone who are working in alleviating food poverty around the world [1] to join GODAN Working Group on Food Poverty and share your valuable ideas and inputs.  Please email GODAN Head of Communications Kathryn Bailey (kathryn.bailey at godan.info<mailto:kathryn.bailey at godan.info?subject=Application%20to%20join%20-%20Working%20Group%20on%20Food%20Poverty>) or me (suchith.anand at godan.info<mailto:suchith.anand at godan.info> )  to join the mail list.


How can we create a fairer, more nutritious, more sustainable and more resilient food systems?  Please share information on research projects, publications, tools, examples of best practices to  kathryn.bailey at godan.info<mailto:kathryn.bailey at godan.info>  to  add to the  list of resources section of the Working Group website. The Working Group website and mailing list will serve as a knowledge exchange platform to bring together experts and organisations to solve this issue.


We welcome everyone interested (teachers, farmers, parents, grandparents)   to join the Working Group and contribute your ideas at

https://www.godan.info/https%3A//godan.info/pages/working-group-on-food-poverty


The pain of hunger is the same for everyone, everywhere. We cannot ignore food poverty issues faced by economically poor families globally. We need to find solutions to alleviate food poverty everywhere.


We are looking forward for your participation in this Working Group and contribute your expertise for our collective mission to end hunger and poverty, both locally and globally.


I am grateful to everyone, everywhere working for Zero Hunger Aim.


Best wishes,


Suchith



[1] https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?A2=HIGHER-EDUCATION-CLOSE-UP;79154007.2102



Dr Suchith Anand

Chief Scientist

Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition

https://www.godan.info<https://www.godan.info/>

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Suchith_Anand




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