Publications
Right to food in the cities: focus on Mexico legislation
10/02/2010
Flyer, 2010.The Law on Food Security and Nutrition, approved on the 17th of August by the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District, is a milestone for the protection of the...
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Fighting Hunger: The Right to Food Way – Right to Food Assessment in Bhutan: Looking at policies, legal framework and institutions
28/10/2010
Paper, 2010. In collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture of RGoB, FAO set out to conduct a Right to Food assessment in Bhutan; over the course of nine months recent data...
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Right to Food Assessment Philippines - Social Protection to Secure the Right to Food of Every Filipino (3/3)
16/11/2010
Report, 2010. Component 3/3. The entirety of Government programmes should build an enabling environment that ensures that individuals can feed themselves. This would require improving long-run sustainability of food and at...
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Right to Food Assessment Philippines – The Filipinos' Right to Food (2/3)
17/11/2010
Report, 2010. Component 2/3. The second component of the “Right to Food Assessment Philippines: The Filipinos’ Right to Food - An Assessment of the Philippine Legal Framework Governing the Right to...
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Right to Food Assessment Philippines – Causes of Hunger (1/3)
18/11/2010
Report, 2010. Component 1/3. The first component “Causes of Hunger” of the Right to Food Assessment Philippines covers 3 areas: 1) Monitoring the hungry and food insecure; 2) Profiling the hungry...
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Right to Food Assessment Philippines – Executive Summary
19/11/2010
Report, 2010. Executive Summary. This Right to Food Assessment Philippines is composed of three different studies. The first is an analysis of the anatomy of hunger in the Philippines, including the...
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A Responsible Governance of Land Tenure: an essential means for realizing the right to food
09/12/2010
Right to Food study, 2010. We are pleased to present the Land Tenure Working Paper 15 entitled “A responsible governance of land tenure: an essential means for realizing the right to...
Constitutional and Legal Protection of the Right to Food around the World
24/02/2011
Right to Food Study, 2011. This study reviews the legal protection of the right to food at national level, through constitutional provisions, national legislation and the direct applicability of international law....
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Exigibilidade: Mechanisms to claim the human right to adequate food in Brazil
25/03/2011
Right to Food Study, 2011. The Exigibilidade study is an advocacy tool which provides practical examples on how to implement the right to food at country level. The study underlines the...
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Right to Food - Making it Happen. Progress and Lessons Learned through Implementation
13/10/2011
Right to Food Publication, 2011. FAO is proud to share with you its recent publication “Right to Food – Making it Happen”. The Right to Food Forum, held at FAO headquarters...
Food Price Volatility and the Right to Food
15/10/2011
Right to Food Policy Brief No. 1, 2011. In the context of the 37th session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS), food price volatility and investments in agriculture are...
Land Tenure, Investments and the Right to Food
16/10/2011
Right to Food Policy Brief No. 2, 2011. In the context of the 37th session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS), food price volatility and investments in agriculture are...
Human Rights - a Strategy for the Fight against Hunger
29/03/2012
Fact Sheet 2, 2012. The right to food plays a crucial role in the context of the reformed Committee on World Food Security, as integral part of its vision, as strategic...
The Global Strategic Framework for Food Security and Nutrition:A Right to Food Perspective
29/03/2012
Fact Sheet 1, 2012.The right to food plays a crucial role in the context of the reformed Committee on World Food Security, as integral part of its vision, as strategic...
The right to food and global strategic frameworks: The Global Strategic Framework for Food Security and Nutrition (GSF) and the UN Comprehensive Framework for Action (CFA)
18/06/2012
Right to Food Study, 2012. This study, developed jointly with the Geneva academy of humanitarian law and human rights, aims to provide guidance on how the right to adequate food can...
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Social Protection and the Right to Food
16/10/2012
Right to Food Policy Brief No. 3, 2012. The importance of social protection as a social and economic stabilizer became particularly visible during the global food crisis of 2008 and the...
Guidance Note: Integrating the Right to Adequate Food into food and nutrition security programmes
25/02/2013
Right to Food Publication, 2013. This Guidance Note is a practical tool for practitioners who want to integrate the right to food into food and nutrition security programmes. It builds a...
Right to Food and Food and Nutrition Security in the CPLP Countries: Assessment Report
04/07/2013
Right to Food Assessment, 2013. This report presents the results of an assessment of the right to food in the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) – Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde,...
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UGANDA / Integrating Food and Nutrition Security and the Right to Food in Local Government Development Planning and Budgeting
18/07/2013
Reference Guide, 2013. This reference guide shows how to integrate food and nutrition security and the right to food in lower government plans and planning processes. It is tailored to the...
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