Legislating to guarantee the rights of rural women in Latin America and the Caribbean
01/01/2020
his legal note is based on the publication "The protection of the rights of rural women in Latin America and the Caribbean", produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Spanish Agency for Cooperation International for Development (AECID) through the Spanish Cooperation Training Center in La Antigua Guatemala.
Legislating to promote family farming in Latin America and the Caribbean
01/01/2020
Family farming is an essential activity for the development of the rural world and the food and nutritional security of the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Legislating to guarantee the rights of rural women in Latin America and the Caribbean
01/01/2020
This legal note is based on the publication "The protection of the rights of rural women in Latin America and the Caribbean", produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Spanish Agency for Cooperation International for Development (AECID) through the Spanish Cooperation Training Center in La Antigua Guatemala.
Legal measures to eradicate rural poverty
01/01/2020
To achieve the SDGs in Latin America and the Caribbean, prosperous and inclusive rural territories are necessary: 78 percent of the 169 targets of the Sustainable Development Goals depend exclusively or mainly on actions undertaken in rural areas of the world.
Legislative approaches to improve nutrition
01/01/2020
he nutritional situation in Latin America and the Caribbean is critical. The simultaneous presence of malnutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, and overweight and obesity is common in several countries in the region.
Enabling legal environment for responsible investment in agriculture and food systems
01/01/2020
Increasing responsible investments in agriculture and food systems is vital to ensure adequate food and nutrition, reduce poverty, and achieve sustainable development.
Enabling legal environment for the responsible governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forestry
01/01/2020
The responsible governance of tenure, based on principles of human rights, allows for fair access to land, fishing and forests.
Legislating for adequate food and nutrition in schools
01/01/2020
School feeding laws are important instruments for the realization of the right to adequate food, the right to education, and the right to health of the schoolchildren.
Framework laws on the right to adequate food
01/01/2020
Food and nutrition security and the right to adequate food are multidimensional and cross-sectoral in nature.
Right to adequate food in constitutions
01/01/2020
The inclusion of the Right to Food in the constitution not only complies with international provisions and obligations