Right to food
The right to food under international law and in national constitutions and legislation; approaches to the effective implementation of right to food legislation; and how right to food fits with other national and international frameworks for addressing hunger (eg. World Food Summit and MDGs).
Latest Documents
- Discrimination and food rights
- UN Human Rights Council, 2010
- This study on discrimination in the context of the right to food was produced for the fourth session of the Advisory Committee of the UN Human Rights Council held in February 2010. The study covers discrimination in terms of regi...
- Guidebook on the technologies and options for adapting to climate change in the agriculture sector
- X. Zhu (ed); R. Clements; J. Haggar / United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2011
- The agriculture sector faces the challenge of providing adequate food to a growing world population. There is limited scope to expand arable land, and unpredictable weather, floods, and other disastrous events make food production eve...
- Food production and the food system must assume a higher priority in political agendas across the world
- Foresight UK, 2011
- The global food system will experience an unprecedented combination of pressures over the next 40 years. Global population size will increase and competition for land, water and energy will intensify, while the effects of climate chan...
- Famine and policy in Ethiopia
- A.A. Vadala / Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo, Norway, 2008
- This paper explores the extent to which human rights, democracy, and political contracts can be useful to provide the major explanations of – and prevention approaches to – famine in Ethiopia. The paper states that famine ...
- What can national governments do to reduce food insecurity in eastern and southern Africa?
- M. Skjelsbaek (ed) / Norwegian Church Aid, 2007
- There is an increase of food crises and hunger emergencies in Eastern and Southern Africa, caused by a combination of climate change, conflicts and political factors. The complexity of today’s hunger in Africa means there is no ...
- Governments and donors must do more to improve nutrition of women and children
- L. Haddad / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
- Current high world food prices serve as a reminder of the vulnerability of large parts of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia to hunger and undernutrition. Good nutrition status for children and adolescent girls is fundamental for attai...
- Tackling child malnourishment in India: an analysis of inter-regional disparities
- K. R. G. Nair / Right to Food Campaign, New Delhi, 2007
- In spite of recent economic growth, India maintains one of the highest proportions of undernourished children in the world, partly owing to the highly uneven nature of its development. This paper provides a detailed analysis of inter-...
- Mapping child malnutrition in Ecuador: a canton level analysis
- B. Lorge Rogers; J. Wirth; K. Macías / Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, 2007
- The Government of Ecuador has made a commitment to eradicating childhood hunger, and is presently undertaking steps to develop policies and programmes to achieve that goal. This paper argues that the first step toward realising the go...
- Do liquid biofuels undermine the right to food?
- A. Eide / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2008
- This paper examines the impact of biofuel production on the human right to freedom from hunger. It is argued that liquid biofuel production has already served to weaken access to food resources for the poor and vulnerable and in ...
- Food security in India: the case for an integrated approach
- A. Mukherjee / United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2008
- This paper examines the debate which surrounds the uni-sectoral versus inter-sectoral, or integrated, approach as a strategy for food security and poverty alleviation. Looking at the issues surrounding the debate through a ...
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