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Drawing of activists from la Via Campesina, holding up their flag
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Rethinking the right to food: how the Food Sovereignty Movement (Via Campesina) challenges the human rights system

Valeria Faraoni is a recent graduate from the master’s degree in Human Rights and Multilevel Governance. This In Focus article is an excerpt from her master thesis discussed in October 2022 ...

Last update 26 Mar 2024
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Report: The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World in 2023

FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO have recently published a report sharing the information on the global advancement of the SDGs target 2.1, ending hunger, and 2.2, ending all forms of ...

Last update 11 Sep 2023
UN Report: Global hunger numbers rose to as many as 828 million in 2021
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UN Report: Global hunger numbers rose to as many as 828 million in 2021

The latest State of Food Security and Nutrition report shows that the number of people affected by hunger globally rose to as many as 828 million in 2021, an increase of about 46 million since 2020 ...

Last update 20 Jul 2022
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FAO: Disasters take heavy toll on agri-food systems as new threats emerge

Agriculture absorbs the bulk of the financial losses and damages wrought by disasters which have grown in frequency, intensity, and complexity, says FAO (food and agriculture organization)  in ...

Last update 6 Aug 2021
People at the marketplace of Lolachat in Uganda
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Think Globally, Act Locally: Building Rural Climate Resilience in Karamoja, Uganda

Sati Elífcan Özbek , holds a master's degree in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance from the University of Padova. This In Focus article is excerpt from her master thesis ...

Last update 27 Aug 2019
Field with tractors
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Land grabbing: what does it truly mean?

Ludovica Dal Molin, holds a master's degree in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance from the University of Padova. She is currently working in an organization that deals with the integration ...

Last update 27 Aug 2019
Farmers work the rice fields in Palung, Nepal
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Land tenure and agrofuels

Enforced evictions and illegal expropriations deeply influences the life of indigenous peoples upsetting their traditional way of living: the way to organise the collective life, the way to feed, ...

Last update 26 Oct 2011
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Food sovereignty

The term food sovereignty was coined by the International Peasants Movement - Via Campesina, in 1996 to advocate a policy framework claiming the right of peoples to define their own food, ...

Last update 26 Oct 2011
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Biofuels v. agrofuels

To the term agrofuels corresponds the more usual biofuels. However, given the effects that they have on life, according to many experts, the prefix 'bio', which suggests an environment-friendly ...

Last update 26 Oct 2011
Woman cutting grass to feed cattle in Lamaku, eastern Nepal
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The worldwide production of agrofuels

The energy crisis and the challenges of climate change have forced states to look for other energy sources. The production and the use of agrofuels are one of the strategy states have been adopting ...

Last update 26 Oct 2011