article · Current Research in Nutrition and Food Science Journal
A bibliometric assessment examined global research trends concerning the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 2, which focuses on zero hunger. Analysing 397 documents published between 2015 and 2023 from the Scopus database, the investigation tracked publication volume, active institutions, funding patterns, and geographical distributions. Research output grew significantly over this period, rising from 1.5 percent of the total documents in 2016 to 29.7 percent in 2022. The Food and Agriculture Organisation and the Chinese Academy of Sciences led in institutional publication volumes. However, stark disparities exist in funding and leadership: top funding bodies were exclusively based in developed countries such as China, Belgium, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Furthermore, the United States and the United Kingdom produced the most publications, whereas South Africa was the sole African nation among the top ten publishing countries.
Achieving global zero hunger targets by 2030 requires understanding where scientific effort and resources are directed. By revealing that research funding and scientific output remain heavily concentrated within wealthy nations, these findings alert policymakers and international stakeholders to severe geographical imbalances. This evidence can help guide collaborative programmes and direct research investments to developing nations facing the most immediate hunger challenges.
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As we approach the deadline for achieving the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which is less than a decade away, it is crucial for researchers and research institutions at both national and international levels to conduct rigorous scientific assessments of the progress made towards these goals. The assessment is of utmost importance as it will provide valuable insights and information to political leaders and other stakeholders, guiding their actions and efforts towards successfully attaining the SDGs by the year 2030. This study aimed at providing vivid descriptions of the SDG 2 – zero hunger-related research endeavour. It employed bibliometric analysis and geographical patterns of SDG 2-related publications extracted from Scopus database from 2015 to 2023. A total of 397 documents were extracted where Sustainability journal ranked 1st among the journal outlets of zero hunger-related publications. The publication of zero hunger-related documents grew from 1.5% in 2016 to 29.7% in 2022. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and Chinese Academy of Sciences were the top 2 institutions publishing zero hunger-related documents while the lead article was published by Journal of Cleaner Production with 128 citations. The funding sponsors of SDG 2-related publications were dominated by sponsors from developed countries (such as China, Belgium, United States, and United Kingdom) while no funding sponsors from developing countries were among the top 10. The United States and United Kingdom were the two most productive countries while only one African country (South Africa) made the list of top 10 countries publishing zero hunger-related documents. This study provided political leaders and key stakeholders with in-depth understanding of the SDG 2-related research activities and highlighted research funding and collaboration gaps facing the developing nations.
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DOI: 10.12944/crnfsj.11.3.34
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