30 July 2021, Rome - "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 cross-cutting issue. 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, sometimes issues in one or more of the six official FAO languages. The selection of items has been made by the FAO Right to Food Team, who aims to share information, provide practical guidance and stimulate debate on various aspects of the right to food.

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 in July

Hunger, malnutrition and nutrition

The State of the Right to Food and Nutrition Report 2021 | Global Network for the Right to Food and Nutrition (GNRTFN)

Sustainable Solution to End Hunger | Ceres 2020

The True Cost and True Price of Food| Scientific Group of the UN Food Systems Summit

Global Index 2021| Access to Nutrition Initiative

The cost of Food- Measuring What Matters to Transform the U.S. Food System | Rockefeller Foundation

The role of diets and food systems in the prevention of obesity and non-communicable diseases in Fiji- Gathering evidence and supporting multistakeholder engagement | University of the Sunshine Coast

Food Systems

Promoting Youth Engagement and Employment in Agriculture and Food Systems| HLPE

COVID-19 profound consequences for the realization of the human right to food, to employment, to a healthy environment, and for overall well-being, not only for youth but for all generations. One of the recommendations of this report to provide an enabling environment for youth as agents is ensuring the realization of the human right to food and the right to work in safe and healthy working conditions. In turn, the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals should facilitate transitions towards economies of well-being, based on sustainable food systems that enable dignified livelihoods, promote a healthy environment and uphold the right to food and food sovereignty

A framework for examining justice in food system transformations research | Whitfield, S., Apgar, M., Chabvuta, C. et al.

Poverty and SDGs

Mitigating Poverty: Global Estimates of the Impact of Income Support during the Pandemic| UNDP

Sustainable Development Report 2021 - The Decade of Action for the Sustainable Development | Goals Sustainable Development Solutions Network

Climate change

An Introduction to Climate Change and Human Rights | UN Climate Change Learning Partnership

Private sector

EU Code of Conduct on Responsible Food Business and Marketing Practices | EU