No Hunger SDG and Urban Health in Mangaung

Urban food systems in Africa are confronted with three major challenges, providing nutrition and food security for a rapidly expanding urban population, assisting urban farmers and other food chain members, and accomplishing all of this in an environmentally sustainable manner. The situation is particularly dire for the urban poor, who appear to be disproportionately excluded from markets and food because of location-based prejudices that are maintained by segregated urban forms that date back to colonial times. Ending hunger, establishing food security, improving nutrition, and promoting sustainable agriculture are the main goals of SDG 2, while many of the other targets depend on nutrition. This chapter examines how SDG 2 can promote urban health by improving food security. To gather lived experiences, phenomenological methods including in-depth interviews, walking interviews, and observation were used in four distinct communities in Mangaung. The study has found that food insecurity was a problem that was becoming more serious in both formal and informal households. Notwithstanding the impact of climate change on food production, efforts have been made to improve food production at the community level. Aiming to accomplish objective 2 of the SDGs, certain corporations and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have taken the initiative to fund agricultural production and community development programmes to guarantee that families have wholesome meals and diets. Therefore, Improved food security based on sound, equitable, and sustainable food systems that benefit from modern information and sustainable and equitable agricultural technologies is essential for countries to meet the SDGs.