
At the Graduate Institute, several professors, researchers and students work on SDG 2. Their activities range from research projects linking Gender, Land and the Right to Food, to academic courses on Global Food Systems, publications and events.


Peasants’ Rights and Protests

Accounting for Nature: Agriculture and Mitigation in the Era of Global Climate Change – New SNF grant for Prof. Shaila Seshia Galvin

Synthetic Biology

Engendering the right to food? International human rights law, food security and the rural woman

How Not to Waste a Garbage Crisis: Food Consumption, Solid Waste Management and Civic Activism in Bangalore/Bengaluru, India

The role of transnational firms in the development of international food policies, 1930-1970

COVID-19 and Food Security

Garbage Is Good to Think With: The Interplay of Civic Activism and Judicial Intervention in Shaping Bangalore’s Solid Waste Management Policies

Global Food Systems from a Legal Perspective

Responsible agricultural investments. How are agricultural futures governed at the international level?

The diffusion of modern crop varieties during the Green Revolution
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Goal 2 aims to “end hunger and all forms of malnutrition by 2030. It also commits to universal access to safe, nutritious and sufficient food at all times of the year. This will require sustainable food production systems and resilient agricultural practices, equal access to land, technology and markets and international cooperation on investments in infrastructure and technology to boost agricultural productivity” as put by the UN Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform. Read more about Goal 2.