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The Right to Food in Practice: Implementation at the National Level

Year of publication 2006

Pages 34

Author variuos authors of Economic and Social Development Department (ESAD) and the FAO Right to Food Team

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This Right to Food paper gives practical guidance as to how to implement the right to food at national level with examples of best practice from various countries. In addition, it also clarifies how the human-rights-based approach to food security offers new ways of identifying, analysing and solving the problems that underlie hunger and poverty.

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