Documents
“Resetting the Table: A People’s Food Policy for Canada”
is the result of a collaborative process in which hundreds of people
devoted thousands of volunteer hours to create a food policy that
genuinely reflects the perspectives of people across the country.
We would like to acknowledge and thank all 3500 [...]
The HUNGaMA (Hunger and Malnutrition) Survey conducted across 112 rural districts of India in 2011 provides reliable estimates of child nutrition covering nearly 20% of Indian
children. Its objective was to understand the current situation and provide a basis for focused action.
The idea of this survey was triggered [...]
Geneva/Stuttgart/Utrecht, October 11, 2011 - Despite the growth of a worldwide Right to Food movement and the existence of international frameworks and mechanisms to protect human rights, an unacceptable number of violations remain unpunished, according to the Right to Food and Nutrition Watch 2011, an annual publication released today [...]
Progress and Lessons Learned through Implementation
The " Millennium Development Goals Report 2011" was launched in Geneva by the Secretary-General on 7 July 2011 during the High-level Segment of ECOSOC.
Further information on the launch is available at the http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/news.shtml.
[8 March 2011] GENEVA- Today, the Special Rapporteur presented his new report “Agro-ecology and the right to food” before the UN Human Rights Council. Based on an extensive review of recent scientific literature, the report demonstrates that agroecology, if sufficiently supported, can double food production in entire regions within 10 [...]
Malnutrition affects one out of every three preschool-age children living in developing countries.This disturbing, yet preventable, state of affairs causes untold suffering and, given its wide scale, presents a major obstacle to the development process.Volumes have been written about the causes of child malnutrition and the means of reducing it. [...]
ABSTRACT This working paper: (i) briefly reviews possible causes of the food price spike that began in mid-2010; (ii) examines recent local food price movements in 58 developing countries during 2010; (iii) discusses the adverse impacts of food price increases on households; (iv) presents a rapid desk review of international [...]
