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Food and welfare in India, c. 1900–1950 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
In 2001, the People's Union for Civil Liberties submitted a writ petition to the Supreme Court of India on the “right to food.” The petitioner was a voluntary human rights organization; the initial respondents were the Government of India, the Food ...
Adyanthaya   +61 more
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The right to food: Progress and pitfalls

open access: yesCanadian Food Studies, 2015
Over the course of the past decade the human right to adequate food has definitively emerged as a normative response to widespread food insecurity, global food crises, and to the related phenomenon of agricultural “land grabbing.” This article considers ...
Smita Narula
doaj   +1 more source

Assessment of the realisation of the right to adequate food in the Blue Crane Route (Eastern Cape, South Africa)

open access: yesThe South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2022
Objectives: To assess whether the right to adequate food (RtF) is realised by children and primary caregivers and what actions are required to fully realise this right.
ML Marais, E Lessing, T Frank
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of the Right to Food with Food System Approach at the Provincial Level in Indonesia

open access: yesAmerta Nutrition, 2022
Background: The right to food is one of the human rights that must be protected and fulfilled. Inequality in priorities on food and nutrition security development causes a sharp distinction among provinces regarding food security achievement.
Akber Maulad   +2 more
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The role of land as the central piece to sustainable food systems: Lessons learned from Portugal national food-related policies

open access: yesGeography and Sustainability, 2023
This paper discusses to what extent land is considered in food-related policies from a systemic perspective. Based on existing literature and international agendas priorities, we argue that access to and preservation of land for food along the food chain
Cecília Delgado
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Reconsidering the Right to Own Property [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This article considers whether there should be a separate international Covenant to elaborate on the human right to own property. Citing two contemporary cases—namely,the semi-starvation faced by many citizens of Zimbabwe and the shortage of food in ...
Howard-Hassmann, Rhoda E.
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The right to food: Many developments, more challenges

open access: yesCanadian Food Studies, 2015
The right to food (RTF)1has enjoyed growing recognition in the last decade. It has achieved legitimacy and visibility in international governance debates, where it is increasingly perceived as a useful “policy guide” (DeSchutter, 2009).
Priscilla Claeys
doaj   +1 more source

Farmers’ Regeneration Policy in the Context of Food Security: An Effort and Guarantee for the Protection of the Rights to the Food

open access: yesJurnal HAM, 2022
There is so much recognition that the availability of land, technology, seeds and weather only determines food security. However, evidence suggests that farmer availability has an important role in overcoming food security challenges.
Moch. Marsa Taufiqurrohman   +1 more
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Rights for whom? Linking baby’s right to eat with economic, social, and cultural rights for women

open access: yesCanadian Food Studies, 2018
Breastfeeding women are primary food producers par excellence, delivering a custom-made product to fit the exact needs of a favoured clientele. The importance of breastmilk as a first food has been acknowledged in recent years by many states, which have ...
Christina Doonan
doaj   +1 more source

What is the right to food?

open access: yesWorld Nutrition, 2022
On October 28, 2022 Michael Fakhri, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food presented a report to the United Nations General Assembly, the highest level of governance in the world (Fakhri, Michael 2022).
George Kent
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