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Since the adoption of the Guidelines in 2004, many countries have taken steps in line with this set of policy recommendations.

For many years Spain has been an important partner and worked closely with FAO, primarily focusing on the fisheries sector and the promotion of policies that guarantee the right to food, protect plant genetic resources and food security.
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Africa’s agri-food systems must be transformed to make healthy diets more affordable.

Made at the Italy-presided G20 Foreign Affairs and Development Ministers' meeting, it aimed to the realization of the right to food and alleviation of poverty.

FAO and consumer organizations of francophone Africa discussed ways to strengthen cooperation to better impact the realization of the right to adequate food for all.

The right to food of Indigenous Peoples was recognised in the 2004 Voluntary Guidelines on the Right to Food, indicating how these rights are linked to their lands, resources and culture.

On the occasion of the Junior World Food Day and in the context of FAO’s work to improve the quality and sustainability of school food around the world, we want you to share your personal experiences from your own school food environments!

Transforming food systems in the Arab region is crucial to ending hunger and malnutrition in the region.

Spain has been a strong ally of FAO for more than 20 years in the promotion of the right to food.