The Right To Food And Development In Africa
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The Right To Food And Development In Africa
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
The Right To Food And Development In Africa written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Food supply categories.
Food And Human Rights In Development Legal And Institutional Dimensions And Selected Topics
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Author : Wenche Barth Eide
language : en
Publisher: Intersentia nv
Release Date : 2005
Food And Human Rights In Development Legal And Institutional Dimensions And Selected Topics written by Wenche Barth Eide and has been published by Intersentia nv this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Development categories.
The right to adequate food is firmly established in international human rights law. It is among those most cited in solemn declarations and most violated in practice. In a landmark decision, the 1996 World Food Summit decided to break with the all too familiar right-to-food rhetoric and requested a clarification of "the content of the right to food and the fundamental right of everyone to be free from hunger" and the means for its implementation. Since then much efforts have gone into further conceptualisation of social and cultural rights in general and the right to adequate food in particular. UN agencies, scholars, interested governments and civil society have joined forces in attempting to provide a foundation for national and international follow-up of the recommendations of the World Food Summit, reinforced by the Millennium Development Goals. This first of two volumes provides evidence of some of this work and gives direction for future activities to promote and protect the right to adequate food for all. It has contributions from some 15 authors who have all been directly involved, from different angles, in the advancement of the right to food and related human rights over the past years. Besides introducing the concept of the right to food and elaborating on its theoretical basis and meaning in development, it provides several recent examples from work both at the national and international level to apply it in practical situations, and with a special view to how to go about identifying the corresponding obligations of states and complementary duties and responsibilities of non-state actors and international organisations. Finally, several chapters address the right to food under special circumstances and for special groups needing particular attention. The book is the first of its kind on the right to food as a human right. It is not a textbook but is intended to inform and stimulate further debate among scholars, policy-makers and practitioners and activists alike, on some of the major issues of concern in applying a right-based approach to alleviating food insecurity, hunger and malnutrition, and in promoting access to and consumption of nutritionally adequate, safe and culturally acceptable food on a sustainable basis for all. It is now evident that with the current pace of events the goal set by the WFS and the MDG of halving poverty and hunger by 2015 will not be achieved. There is a growing need to watch some of the possible effects of rapid economic globalisation and market liberalisation on food and nutrition security conditions, and to promote countervailing measures to offset their most negative consequences, particularly for vulnerable groups. The right to food is a first test case of the extent to which the application of economic, social and cultural rights can effectively exert such counterforce in an increasingly economics- and market-driven international climate, and enhance progress towards established goals.
Human Development And The Right To Food In Sub Saharan Africa
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Author : Kizito Michael George
language : en
Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Release Date : 2011-08-01
Human Development And The Right To Food In Sub Saharan Africa written by Kizito Michael George and has been published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-01 with Right to food categories.
The saying "we eat to live" is a clear testimony on how food is at the core of humanity and development. Realizing the right to food of the world's population is thus an urgent obligation that may be unique from other human rights and freedoms given the importance of adequate food for organisation and prosperity of communities. Though rooted in international law and instruments, in Africa, the right to food and freedom from hunger has historically been transformed by external forces of slavery, colonialism, imperialism, neo-liberalism, apartheid, and conditioned economic policies, whose activities have often attempted to limit the enjoyment of this right. This book brings to fore the political realities and economic dynamics confronting the realization of the right to adequate food in a Sub-Saharan Africa milieu.
Food Security In South Africa
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Author : Sakiko Fukuda-Parr
language : en
Publisher: Juta and Company (Pty) Ltd
Release Date : 2015-11-10
Food Security In South Africa written by Sakiko Fukuda-Parr and has been published by Juta and Company (Pty) Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-10 with Business & Economics categories.
The right to food is guaranteed in South Africa’s Constitution as it is in international law. Yet food insecurity remains widespread and persistent, at levels much higher than in countries with similar levels of per capita GDP and development, such as Brazil. In this book, leading local and international researchers on food security and related policy work have come together to create the first systematic and trans-disciplinary analysis of food security and its multiple dimensions in South Africa and the southern African region. Drawing on Amartya Sen’s entitlement theory to identify the key drivers of hunger, they see food insecurity as a chronic, structurally based condition rather than only resulting from natural environmental disasters, temporary economic shocks and household vulnerabilities. The authors focus on a range of policy options and choices to provide short-term and longer-term solutions to the systemic causes of unemployment, failing rural livelihoods and traditional subsistence production. They also emphasise the linkages between the social and economic dimensions of food insecurity and use an integrative, interdisciplinary approach to analyse the reasons why these conditions persist and what can be done to address them. Importantly the book brings together work undertaken at local and national levels in new ways so that policy-makers, researchers, human rights advocates and social and economic scholars are better able to make the links between macro- and micro-processes of development.
The Right To Food Guidelines
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Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
language : en
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Release Date : 2006
The Right To Food Guidelines written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and has been published by Food & Agriculture Org. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Business & Economics categories.
This publication presents seven information papers and a case studies report that were prepared during the negotiation process preceding the adoption of the "Voluntary Guidelines to support the progressive realization of the rights to adequate food in the context of national food security." The information papers cover issues that were controversial during negotiations, or complex legal questions for which clarification was requested. The case studies report summarizes the outcome of studies commissioned in five countries to gather about practical in-country experiences with different policies and programmes that are conducive to realizing the population's right to adequate food. The full text of the "Voluntary Guidelines" is also included. Development practitioners and governments, development agencies, civil society and academia concerned with realizing the right to food should find the publication a valuable aid to decision-making.
The Right To Food
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Author : Francis Adams
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-11-09
The Right To Food written by Francis Adams and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-09 with Political Science categories.
This book examines the global campaign to end hunger and malnutrition. Focus is placed on the work of the United Nations which has led international efforts to improve food security in the world’s poorest countries. The book first reviews the long-term project to establish access to safe, sufficient, and nutritious food as a universally recognized human right. This is followed by separate chapters that examine the nature and central causes of food insecurity in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. These chapters also review the contemporary work of three United Nations agencies – the World Food Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization, and International Fund for Agricultural Development – in providing both food aid and food assistance to each region of the developing world. This includes the provision of emergency food aid in response to natural disaster and civil conflict, as well as longer-term food assistance to promote agricultural productivity, advance rural development, and preserve natural environments. The concluding chapter considers ways to strengthen food aid and assistance in the years to come, with many of the recommendations advanced reflecting lessons learned from the actual experience of food aid and assistance described in this book.
Seeking The Right To Food
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Author : Bright Nkrumah
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2021-08-12
Seeking The Right To Food written by Bright Nkrumah and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-12 with Business & Economics categories.
Exploring why South Africans rarely use activism to address food insecurity, this study proposes ways to reclaim the power of collective action.
Africa Human Development Report 2012
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: UN
Release Date : 2012
Africa Human Development Report 2012 written by and has been published by UN this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Economic development categories.
Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest prevalence of hunger in the world. Until this situation improves, the human development prospects of millions of Africans will remain at risk. UNDP's first Africa Human Development Report shows that food security and human development reinforce each other. If African countries are to realise their long-term potential, the report says, they must boost agricultural productivity to both improve the availability of food and reduce poverty. Policies to enhance nutrition are central to ensuring that access to food translates into human development. The report argues further that local populations must have the resources and decision-making power to produce and consume nutritious food throughout the year, overcoming the risks represented by continuing conflict, climate change and variations in food prices.
The Right To Food
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Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
language : en
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Release Date : 1998
The Right To Food written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and has been published by Food & Agriculture Org. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Law categories.
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Food Security And Sustainable Development In Southern Africa
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Author : Scott Drimie
language : en
Publisher: HSRC Press
Release Date : 2003
Food Security And Sustainable Development In Southern Africa written by Scott Drimie and has been published by HSRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Food supply categories.
Southern Africa experienced acute food shortages during 2002 and 2003.