Right to food and nutrition watch 2014: Ten years of the right to food guidelines: gains, concerns and struggles
The Right to Food and Nutrition Watch (RTFN) is an annual publication by ICCO Cooperation, FIAN International and Brot für die Welt and other partners. This 2014 report (PDF) analyses successes and shortfalls of ten-year anniversary of the FAO Council Voluntary Guidelines to support the progressive realization of the right to adequate food in the context of national food security. It discusses key policy processes and highlights the increasing influence of companies in international food and nutrition governance as a growing challenge in the global struggle for the right to adequate food. According to the Watch, food security and human rights remain deeply threatened by concentration of land ownership, corporate domination of food systems and policy incoherence. A paper (PDF) by Oxfam also attempts to examine progress of the guidelines implementation by using country examples of Bangladesh, Pakistan, El Salvador and Mexico. Oxfam highlights democratization of the food systems and effective monitoring mechanisms as necessary conditions for effecting change. Read here another contribution to this debate by this civil society report ‘Ten Years of the Right to Food Guidelines: Progress, Obstacles and the Way Ahead‘. An important recommendation from this report is the need for further development of national and international frameworks for the adoption of the right to food as well as food sovereignty.
Source: RTFN; October 2014