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Conduct a Right to Food Assessment

How to" Series

Year of publication 2007

Pages 2

Author FAO Right to Food Team

Publisher Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) ;

Product type Document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This paper “Conduct a Right to Food Assessment” addresses the elements “why”, “who” and “how” of the process of a Right to Food assessment. The core elements of the assessment focus on identifying the food-insecure, understanding the reasons behind this, understanding the legal environment where policy measures must be implemented and understanding the shortcoming of existing policies.

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