2. Zero hunger
End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
As of 10 March 2021
Times Higher Education (THE), Vertigo Ventures and Elsevier collaborated on search queries representing the research in the first 16 SDGs. These search queries are what THE uses to score the research component of each SDG Impact Rank. Full details of the methodology for each SDG search query are available on Mendeley.
You can see research highlights from SDG 2: Zero hunger below. We gathered these from the Elsevier products Scopus or SciVal. Unless otherwise noted, we use a timeframe of 2015-2020.
Top 50 Key phrases in the SDG 2 related research. The larger the word, the higher frequency of occurrence. Green indicates increasing in occurrence, and blue indicates decreasing. Source: SciVal
Top 5 research funders 1
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- National Basic Research Program of China (Program 973)
- National Science Foundation
- National Council for Scientific and Technological Development
- CAPES
1 The top 5 funders of the SDG 2 related research from Scopus for the years 2015-present.
Top 5 Global Corporations 2
2 The corporations with the most SDG 2 research according to SciVal.
UN Designated SDG 2 Academic Hub
University of Pretoria South Africa 
The University of Pretoria (UP) is one of five research-intensive universities in South Africa with more than 48,000 enrolled students. The university hosts many SDG 2-related Institutes and Centers and collaborates widely with South African, African and international institutions.
Top research institutions per continent 3
- Africa - University of KwaZulu-Natal
- Asia Pacific - China Agricultural University
- Europe - Wageningen University & Research
- Middle East - Islamic Azad University
- North America - University of Florida
- South America - Universidade de São Paulo
3 The institution with the most SDG 2 research in each continent according to SciVal
Rattan Lal 
The Ohio State University, Columbus 
Top 3 Topics 5
Topic | Document count |
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1. Soil Organic Carbon; Soil Aggregates; Carbon Sinks | 58 |
2. Nitrous Oxide Production; Nitrification Inhibitors; Soil Emission | 9 |
3. Crop Models; CERES (Experiment); Climate Change Impact | 7 |
Most recent article related to this SDG:
“When does nutrient management sequester more carbon in soils and produce high and stable grain yields in China?”
Waqas, M. A., Li, Y., Lal, R., Wang, X., Shi, S., Zhu, Y., . . . Liu, S. (2020). When does nutrient management sequester more carbon in soils and produce high and stable grain yields in china? Land Degradation and Development, 31(15), 1926-1941. DOI: 10.1002/ldr.3567
Top 3 Topics 5
Topic | Document count |
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1. Sweetpotato; Ipomoea Batatas; Sweet Potato Feathery Mottle Virus | 17 |
2. Biplot; Main Effect; Ammi | 8 |
3. Eragrostis Tef; Glutens; Digitaria Exilis | 8 |
Most recent article related to this SDG:
“Assessing the genetic diversity of cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] germplasm collections using phenotypic traits and SNP markers” open access
Nkhoma, N., Shimelis, H., Laing, M. D., Shayanowako, A., & Mathew, I. (2020). Assessing the genetic diversity of cowpea [vigna unguiculata (L.) walp.] germplasm collections using phenotypic traits and SNP markers. BMC Genetics, 21(1) DOI: 10.1186/s12863-020-00914-7
Top 3 Topics 5
Topic | Document count |
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1. Anthocoridae; Podisus Nigrispinus; Orius | 22 |
2. Eulophidae; Trichospilus; Tetrastichus | 17 |
3. Leptocybe Invasa; Thaumastocoridae; Peregrinus | 10 |
Most recent article related to this SDG:
“Reproductive Potential and Biological Characteristics of the Parasitoid Cotesia flavipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in Diatraea saccharalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) Depending on Parasitoid-Host Ratio”
open access
Kassab, S. O., Barbosa, M. S., Pereira, F. F., Rossoni, C., Pastori, P. L., Lucchetta, J. T., . . . Zanuncio, J. C. (2020). Reproductive potential and biological characteristics of the parasitoid cotesia flavipes (hymenoptera: Braconidae) in diatraea saccharalis (lepidoptera: Crambidae) depending on parasitoid-host ratio. Florida Entomologist, 103(3), 316-320. DOI: 10.1653 / 024.103.030
4 The top 3 authors with the most SDG 2 research according to SciVal.
5 A Topic is a collection of documents with a common focused intellectual interest. Scopus publications are clustered into Topics based upon a direct citation analysis. Learn more.
THE Impact Rankings Methodology: SDG 2
The methodology THE uses to determine the rank for this SDG is shown here.
The 27% Research portion breaks down into:
- Proportion of research papers in the top 10 per cent of journals as defined by Citescore 10,0%
- Field-weighted citation impact of papers 10,0%
- Number of publications 7,0%
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