SDG2: Zero Hunger
Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG2) focuses on achieving "Zero Hunger" by addressing issues related to food security, improved nutrition, and sustainable agriculture. Saudi Arabia and institutions like Majmaah University are both working to address this critical global challenge.
KSA’s Efforts in Addressing SDG2 (Zero Hunger)
The Saudi government has implemented several key strategies to enhance food security and promote sustainable agricultural practices:
Vision 2030: As part of Vision 2030, Saudi Arabia is working to reduce reliance on food imports and promote domestic agriculture. The plan emphasizes boosting local agricultural production, enhancing water management, and improving food storage infrastructure. This is vital in a country where arid conditions limit agricultural productivity.
National Food Security Strategy: Saudi Arabia has adopted a National Food Security Strategy that focuses on ensuring food availability, accessibility, and sustainability. The strategy includes initiatives for enhancing agricultural technology, supporting smallholder farmers, and promoting efficient water use, particularly through drip irrigation and desalination projects.
Humanitarian Efforts: Saudi Arabia plays a significant role in global food security through KSrelief, the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center, which provides food aid to regions affected by hunger and famine. The Kingdom has contributed billions of dollars to aid countries facing food crises, including those in Africa and Yemen.
Sustainable Agricultural Practices: The Ministry of Environment, Water, and Agriculture is working to promote sustainable farming by investing in agricultural technologies like hydroponics and aquaponics, which require less water and land. These innovations are essential in Saudi Arabia’s desert climate and contribute to local food production.
Majmaah University’s Role in SDG2 and Food Security
At the institutional level, Majmaah University is actively contributing to the goals of SDG2 by focusing on education, research, and community outreach programs that address food security and agricultural sustainability:
Agricultural Research and Innovation: Majmaah University engages in research focused on sustainable agriculture and food security. Faculty and students work on projects related to improving agricultural practices in arid environments, efficient water usage, and enhancing crop yields. This research contributes to national efforts to reduce food imports and increase local production.
Community Programs and Awareness: The university runs several outreach programs aimed at educating local communities about food security and sustainable agricultural practices. Workshops, seminars, and awareness events help local farmers adopt new technologies and strategies that improve productivity while conserving natural resources.
Food Aid Initiatives: Majmaah University collaborates with local charities and organizations to provide food aid to underprivileged communities. These initiatives align with SDG2 by addressing hunger and ensuring that vulnerable groups have access to nutritious food.
Student and Faculty Engagement: The university actively encourages students and faculty to engage in volunteer activities and research that address food security. This includes organizing campaigns that promote reducing food waste, improving nutrition, and supporting local agriculture.
Both the Saudi government and Majmaah University are committed to addressing SDG2, focusing on achieving food security and promoting sustainable agricultural practices. Through Vision 2030 and various national strategies, Saudi Arabia is improving local food production and supporting global food aid efforts. Majmaah University complements these efforts by conducting research, fostering innovation, and engaging in community programs aimed at improving food security at the local and national levels.
Food Safety System
https://m.mu.edu.sa/en/departments/department-of-occupational-and-environmental-health/30827
Technical Guide for Risk and Strengths Analysis and Critical Points Control
https://m.mu.edu.sa/sites/default/files/content-files/22_11.pdf
Guide of Food Management for Workers at Food Establishments
https://m.mu.edu.sa/sites/default/files/content-files/222_3.pdf
Health Guide for Food Management Workers
https://m.mu.edu.sa/sites/default/files/content-files/2222_0.pdf
Guide of Tasks of the Supervising Department on the Application of Risk and Strengths Analysis and Critical Points Control
https://m.mu.edu.sa/sites/default/files/content-files/22222_0.pdf
Handbook of Risk and Strengths Analysis and Critical Points Control
https://m.mu.edu.sa/sites/default/files/content-files/22222_0.pdf
Occupational Health and Environment conducts field tours of university restaurants and buffets
A team from the Occupational Health and Environment Department at the General Administration of Occupational Health and Environment intensified tours of restaurants and buffets within the university headquarters to ensure their readiness and compliance with occupational health and environmental requirements, in the university cities in Majmaah, Zulfi, the College of Sharia and Law building in Al Ghat, the College of Nursing building in Hawtah Sudair, and the Applied College building in Ramah, coinciding with the start of the new academic year 1446/1447 AH, as part of the administration’s tasks through which it seeks to achieve a healthy and sound environment for university members.
For his part, the Director General of Occupational Health and Environment, Mr. Sami bin Saleh Al-Mutairi, expressed his thanks and appreciation to His Excellency the President of the University, Professor Dr. Saleh bin Abdullah Al-Muzal, for the continuous support he provides to achieve the university’s goals, and to the Vice-Rector for Development and Investment, Professor Dr. Musallam bin Muhammad Al-Dosari, for the continuous guidance and follow-up he provides.
Occupational Health: Intensifying supervisory tours of university restaurants and buffets
As part of the university's efforts to provide a safe and healthy university environment for its members, a team from the Occupational Health and Environment Department at the General Administration of Occupational Health and Environment conducted supervisory tours of the university's buffets and restaurants, inspected them, ensured the validity of food, provided the necessary instructions to be available in food preparation areas, and urged workers to pay attention to personal hygiene and adhere to their special clothing. This is to enhance the level of prevention in university facilities.
Community initiative entitled "Food Allergy in Children"
https://www.mu.edu.sa/ar/news/colleges/college-of-science-and-human-studies-at-hotat-sudair/190726
The Community Service and Continuing Education Unit in the female students’ sections, in cooperation with doctors from the Nahda Primary Health Care Center in Hawtah Sudair, organized a community initiative entitled “ Food Allergy in Children ” on Monday 18/8/1443 AH in the ceremonial hall, presented by Dr. Duaa Rajab, Dr. Al-Jawhara Al-Absi, and Nursing Specialist/Saya Al-Rashidi, which included the following topics:
Some allergenic foods (be careful of their presence in your food) .
The most important and most common symptoms of allergy (as they vary from one person to another and from one attack to another in the same person) .
The difference between lactose intolerance and milk and food allergies .
Wheat allergy and its symptoms .
Peanut allergy and its symptoms .
Treating food allergies with one of the following methods (antihistamines or an emergency injection of epinephrine)
Symptoms of food allergies in infants, ways to prevent them and how to treat them .
The initiative aimed to raise awareness among the local community and college staff about children’s allergies, their prevalence and their dangers .
Deanship of Student Affairs reviews King Khalid Hospital's experience in the field of nutrition
In the interest of the Deanship of Student Affairs to continue to provide distinguished student services, and in order to develop nutrition services in various fields during the next academic year 1436/1437 AH, a delegation from the Deanship of Student Affairs, headed by His Excellency the Dean of Student Affairs, Dr. Hamad bin Abdullah Al-Qumaizi, accompanied by the Director of the Department, Mr. Khalid Al-Otaibi, Mr. Faisal Al-Subaie, Nutritionist at the Deanship, and Mr. Issa Al-Issa, Nutrition Administrator, visited King Khalid Hospital in Majmaah to learn about the hospital's experience and expertise in providing nutrition services to patients and employees and to meet with the staff Administrative and technical staff in the hospital restaurant.
The visit included the hospital's restaurant and its various facilities, and to learn about the types and components of the meals provided to the beneficiaries, as well as how to supply and store foodstuffs, how to prepare them, preserve them, distribute them to patients and provide them.
At the end of the visit, the Dean of Student Affairs, Dr. Al-Qumaizi, expressed his thanks to the management of King Khalid Hospital for their cooperation, and appreciated the distinguished efforts made by the administration and the operating company in the field of nutrition within the hospital.
The Dean of Student Affairs, Dr. Al-Qumaizi, indicated that such visits come in accordance with the directives of His Excellency the President of the University, Dr. Khalid bin Saad Al-Muqrin, aimed at continuous development in the services provided by the university to its students, and that these field visits carried out by the Deanship are followed up by His Excellency the Vice President for Educational Affairs, Dr. Ahmed Al-Rumaih.
SFDA Receives a Delegation of College Students During a Systematic Visit
The Saudi Food and Drug Authority received at its headquarters a delegation of students of the College of Medicine at Majmaah University on Tuesday, 2/4/1434 AH, and the students were received by a number of drug sector employees.
Where they briefed them on the procedures and workflow in the drug sector by introducing the sector and its departments, in addition to a number of introductory lectures on the electronic systems in the authority, their role in enacting regulations and the process of issuing licenses for new medicines and pharmaceutical products, and how to deal with imported medicines, and the students were also briefed on the mechanism of work of the National Center for Vigilance and Drug Safety, and the mechanism for reporting side effects of
medication. It is worth noting that the SFDA always aims to educate the community in all its categories Especially student visits, by providing a number of introductory presentations with the aim of spreading health awareness and the culture of medicine and its importance.
On the occasion of World Food Day, the Deanship of Student Affairs carries out an awareness campaign in cooperation with the College of Medicine
https://www.mu.edu.sa/ar/news/20429
Under the patronage of His Excellency the Dean of Student Affairs, Dr. Hamad bin Abdullah Al-Qumaizi, and as an extension of the Deanship's role in participating in local and international events, the Deanship of Student Affairs held on the occasion of World Food Day and in cooperation with the College of Medicine an awareness campaign on food, healthy habits and comprehensive measurement under the title (Choose your dish), in two periods, morning and evening, where the opening ceremony was held in the lobby of the Deanship. In the evening in the lobby of Panda markets, where the campaign included five stations, starting with the comprehensive measurement station, in which the body mass index (body mass index, BMI) is measured, and then transferred to the station of the benefits of healthy and indicative food, and then the office exercise station, in which some important exercises were displayed that are applied in the office, and increase the fitness of the body, and help reduce some injuries, then the visitor moves to the station Choose your juice and choose your salad, and the campaign concludes with the gift station And the children's section, in which some awareness leaflets and gifts were distributed, and some introductory presentations were presented on the importance of food and healthy habits, especially the recommended exercises, and the campaign received a distinguished turnout from university students and parents who expressed their admiration and praise for the campaign, as the number of attendees reached 300 visitors from various classes of society, and Dr. Al-Qumaizi raised his thanks and appreciation to His Excellency the President of the University, Dr. Khalid bin Saad Al-Muqrin, for the support and guidance received by the Deanship of Student Affairs from His Excellency, who It contributes effectively to the excellence of the Deanship and the quality of its programs, and wished the students participating in this campaign success and payment.
An introductory program for the arts of healthy eating, female section
Within the programs of the Student Activities Unit, the female section of the college, an introductory program was held for the arts of healthy eating, where the students began to provide a variety of healthy food that provides a person with energy, vitality, activity and health, so attention to the quality of food has a role in increasing the percentage of intelligence and balance in psychological and nervous emotions, and at the end of the program, food was distributed to students and encouraged them to pay attention to that.
The Dean of Student Affairs inspects the progress of providing nutrition services in the faculties of the university
https://www.mu.edu.sa/ar/news/deanships/deanship-of-student-affairs/204806
Based on the directives of His Excellency the President of the University, Prof. Dr. Saleh bin Abdullah Al-Mizil, and the follow-up of the Vice President for Educational Affairs, Prof. Dr. Muhammad bin Saleh Al-Aboudi, and in order to continue providing distinguished food services to university students, and to improve the performance of those in charge of providing these services, teams from the Deanship of Student Affairs headed by the Dean of Student Affairs, Dr. Saleh bin Amileh Al-Rashidi, and the Vice Dean for Student Affairs, made field tours and visits to the places of university restaurants, buffets and coffee shops. To follow up the quality of service provided to male and female students and health monitoring on it, His Excellency Dr. Al-Rashidi met with a number of students benefiting from this service during these tours, where they expressed their admiration for the improvement in the level of services at the beginning of the academic year, and promised to communicate with the Deanship and submit proposals regarding this service.
He also explained that a contract has been signed with one of the major national companies to operate vending machines in all faculties of the university in the male and female sections, and Dr. Al-Rashidi expressed his deep thanks and appreciation for the continuous support and sound guidance enjoyed by the Deanship of Student Affairs from His Excellency the President of the University, which contributed to the increase and quality of these services, and the continuous follow-up of the Deanship by His Excellency the Vice President for Educational Affairs.