Purpose

Problem

The issue surrounding SDG 2: Zero hunger that we chose to tackle is the lack of access to agricultural resources and suppliers. In many urban areas, we can see an influx of costs on various produce or food products because of the lack of product supply and production for their area.

More about the Problem

The FAO Cereal Price Index averaged 114.4 points in October, up 0.9 points (0.8 percent) from September but still 10.3 points (8.3 percent) below its October 2023 value. Global wheat prices rose up for the second consecutive month, because of unfavorable weather conditions affecting winter crop sowing in several major northern hemisphere exporters. (FAO Food Price Index | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, n.d.)

To keep up with the increasing demand for food supplies, commercial farms are made or expanded. However the number of resources invested in commercial farming is tremendous. It is a highly mechanized practice that requires a lot of heavy machinery and consumes a large amount of fuel for transportation and cultivation, resulting in considerable carbon emissions. (Allen, 2021)

According to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), there was an uptick in the vegetables, tubers, plantains, cooking bananas, and pulses index, which surged by 7.2 percent in June from 2.7 percent in the previous month. Not only that but, prices of meat and other parts of slaughtered land animals, which drove the increase in overall inflation, further increased by 3.1 percent from 1.6 percent in May. (Catilogo,2024)

Relevance

Inflation is a global phenomenon that has a heavy impact on 3rd world countries like the Philippines (World Economic Situation and Prospects: May 2022 Briefing, No. 160 | Department of Economic and Social Affairs, n.d.) . As prices keep on inflating, 3rd world countries with their high poverty rate, corrupt government, and economic instability (Team, 2024) struggle more and more to keep up. People with little to no income struggle to feed their children without government assistance. That is why we must take matters into our own hands and start making changes in places where our government cannot. By growing our own food, we lessen the need to buy goods, reducing our reliance on government funding and also relieving ourselves a miniscule but significant amount of financial burden.

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