"Every individual and every organ of society … shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms." - Preamble to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948.

The right to food is a complex area. There are many dimensions interrelated, actors and processes involved, diversity of visions, subtle difference between concepts or emerging issues.

In order for every person to be able to fulfil the right to adequate food, or to advocate for its implementation, an understanding of certain issues and skills are needed.  

The materials available on this page are studies, platforms and other resources that have been recently published not only by FAO but also other entities. The selection of items has been made by the FAO Right to Food Team. 

Over 2021 FAO will be posting an update of these resources.

We hope you find them useful and enjoy this food for thought!

Selection of right to food-related resources

Expert panel 10 “Implementing the right to food! – with agro-ecology, climate-proof agriculture and One Health” | GFFA

The inequality virus | Oxfam

Disruption or Déjà Vu? Digitalization, Land and Human Rights |FIAN

World Report 2021 |Human Rights Watch

City Region Food Systems: Building Resilience to COVID-19 and Other Shocks |Research paper by multiple authors  

Populations at Risk: Implications of COVID-19 for Hunger, Migration and Displacement | World Food Programme