MANAGEMENT, GOVERNANCE AND SOCIETY 1
Table of Contents Introduction 3 Analysis of the current situation and historical evolution 3 The role of national and international policies to foster improvement. 4 The role of social-purpose organisations in addressing the identified problems. ..... Recommendations for policy and practice 8 6 Conclusion 9 Reference List. 10 2
Introduction The study shall be focusing on critically evaluating the role of social-purpose organisations for the mitigation of specific global challenges in the geographical setting of the country. In the study, an overall assertion based on choosing a SDG shall be done and also a geographical region. Among all the 17 SDGs goal 2 that is Zero hunger has been chosen for the geographical region of Africa. An analysis based on the current situation and historical evolution of Africa would be done, followed by examination of the role of national and international policies and social- purpose organisations for addressing the hunger issue in Africa. Analysis of the current situation and historical evolution Among all the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, Sustainable Development Goal 2 is the objective of creating a world which is hunger free by 2030. By the year 2030, the United Nations took initiative in ending the issue of hunger and ensuring that all people have access to sufficient food (Un.org, 2023). Africa has been the land of Drought, poor harvests, and instabilitay which have contributed to its hunger issues since the past 40 years. There are various regions of Africa including Horn of Africa and the Sahel and others have always been hungry in terms of global hunger index. Because of conflict or political factors, instability is experienced and people are forced to stay away from their homeland, unable to plant crops (Worldvision.org, 2022). Looking back at the historical evidence of hunger issues in Africa, it can be said that Africa's major food crises shows conditions are still in existence. Between 1968 to 1980s, Africa experienced A drought in the Sahel region that resulted in 1 million deaths in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger. In the 3