Study with the several resources on Docsity
Earn points by helping other students or get them with a premium plan
Prepare for your exams
Study with the several resources on Docsity
Earn points to download
Earn points by helping other students or get them with a premium plan
Community
Ask the community for help and clear up your study doubts
Discover the best universities in your country according to Docsity users
Free resources
Download our free guides on studying techniques, anxiety management strategies, and thesis advice from Docsity tutors
The concept of food security as a fundamental human right, drawing from various sources including the food and agriculture organization of the un and the universal declaration of human rights. It discusses the historical context of food security, the definition and expansion of the concept, and the challenges to achieving it. The document also highlights the importance of sustainable food production and consumption, and the role of international cooperation in addressing food insecurity.
Typology: Slides
1 / 10
This page cannot be seen from the preview
Don't miss anything!
3
“Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.”
— Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO),
4
Food is necessary for life and is a fundamental right
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)*
Article 25: “Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family including food, clothing, housing, and medical care and necessary social services …”
6
Hunger and famines have plagued mankind for millennia and have been concerns of human societies for centuries
850 million worldwide are under- nourished—a number that has hardly changed since 1990 (UN, 2006)
20 million infants per year are born with low birth weights (FAO)
UN Millennium Development Goals
Goal 1: “Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger”
7
Concept of food security first used in discussions about hunger in the 1970s (World Food Conference, 1974) Hunger was seen primarily as a “food problem”
Therefore, the goals to achieve food security were …
Ensuring adequate production of food and national food self- sufficiency Stabilizing the flow of food supplies
9
Adopted by 176 countries and the European Community, the Rome Declaration and its accompanying action plan set important goals for world food security … Within a context of the right to food Improving access Sustainable food production Sustainable consumption And underscoring that … It is unacceptable that 800 million (in 1996) lack food for basic nutritional needs Poverty is a major cause of food insecurity
10
Formal adoption of the right to adequate food—a milestone
“We reaffirm the right of everyone (present and future generations) to have access to safe and nutritious food, consistent with the right to adequate food and the fundamental right of everyone to be free from hunger.”
While food supplies have increased, major problems persist that prevent basic food needs from being met throughout the world, including … Lack of access Inadequate household and national income Instability of international trade Manmade and natural disasters, including environmental degradation Conflict, terrorism, and corruption
12
Targets for 1990 and 2015
Source: UN. (2002). Millennium goals. Retrieved from http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/
