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Right to adequate food

Strategic Objective 1 brief - major area of work

Year of publication 2015

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 4p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The right to food is centered on the individual. It leads to a reconsideration of the root causes of hunger and malnutrition. As such, it goes further than considering WHAT the problem is by analyzing WHY it is happening. Hence, it raises questions such as what are the underlying reasons that people still suffer from poverty and hunger in a world of plenty? Or, why do public policies fail to reach and be beneficial to the poorest and most vulnerable in society? And, why do discrimination and the lack of legal protection still persist?

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