The Right to Food

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Experts' corner - 21.02.2022

Two professors from the Faculty of Nutrition of the University of the Republic (Uruguay) tell us what the work of the observatories for the right to food is about and why research is key in the fight against hunger.

News - 16.02.2022

In the resolution, the Commission reaffirmed the right to adequate food and the fundamental right of everyone to be free from hunger.

News - 07.02.2022

Social protection schemes have played a key role in helping the world’s poor recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and should be expanded.

On the ground - 31.01.2022

The fulfilment of the small-scale fisherfolk’s right to food requires the support of different stakeholders, including states and private sector

News - 31.01.2022

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News - 28.01.2022

Leaders at the GFFA reaffirmed commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals, in particular SDG 2 to end hunger, as well as to implement FAO's voluntary guidelines supporting the right to food.

News - 14.01.2022

The recognition of the right to adequate food will confer legitimacy to public policies in this area, which should be adopted in a participatory and decentralized manner.

News - 13.01.2022

FAO releases new data and analysis on the region’s hunger and malnutrition situation in a shorter, more compact format

News - 17.12.2021

FAO and Resource Partners today held talks on the next phase of the FMM, an increasingly effective facility that allows the United Nations agency to quickly direct funding where and when it’s most needed.

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