Peace and SDG2: a new framework for achieving zero hunger

Achieving the SDG2, Zero Hunger, necessitates a deeper understanding of how micro-level conditions of peace shape food security (and vice versa). Although the link between violent conflict and food insecurity is empirically well documented, the role of peace, whether negative or positive, for food security remains understudied, in part due to a lack of suitable survey data on the peace-hunger nexus in fragile settings. This paper develops a micro-level framework to disentangle the multidimensional interactions between peace and food security, differentiating among three equilibrium states: armed conflict, negative peace, and positive peace, and accounting for the six pillars of food security (availability, access, stability, utilization, agency and sustainability). By systematically examining how food security manifests across these states, and drawing on empirical evidence where available, the chapter deepens our understanding of the role of peace in realizing SDG2.