Right to food
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- Discrimination and food rights
- ( UN Human Rights Council , 2010)
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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 c...
- Food production and the food system must assume a much 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 looks likely to increase from nearly seven billion today to over nine bi...
- 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 Ethio...
- What can national governments do to reduce food insecurity in eastern and southern Africa?
- ( M. Skjelsbaek (ed) / Norwegian Church Aid , 2007)
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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’...
Governments and donors must do more to improve nutrition of women and children
- ( L. Haddad / id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2008)
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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 adol...
- 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 prov...
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)
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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 t...
Do liquid biofuels undermine the right to food?
- ( A. Eide / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations , 2008)
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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 resourc... Food security in India: the case for an integrated approach
- ( A. Mukherjee / United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific , 2008)
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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 is... The right to food from a gender perspective: a consideration of international law and state practice
- ( I. Rae / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations , 2008)
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This paper provides a cross-cutting analysis of the right to food from a gender perspective, examining relevant international instruments as well as state practice. The discussion is ...
