Governing food security: law, politics and the right to food

With only five years left until the 2015 deadline to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, food security still is a dream rather than reality: 'a situation that exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their diet...

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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Wageningen, The Netherlands Wageningen Academic Publishers 2010
Schriftenreihe:European Institute for Food Law series no. 5
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Zusammenfassung:With only five years left until the 2015 deadline to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, food security still is a dream rather than reality: 'a situation that 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'. Political commitments at world summits on food security, market-based agricultural policies, science-based food safety regulation and voluntary guidelines on the right to food have not ended hunger, malnourishment or food safety crises in our world. The question arises whether food insecurity is a situation that exists in spite of these commitments and legal measures, or rather due to them? This book has three purposes. Firstly, it offers insights in how law, politics and the right to food contribute to food security in both posi
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
pt. 1. Developing human rights law for food security -- pt. 2. Law, science and politics in securing food safety -- pt. 3. Transnational law, resource complexes and food security
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (380 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9789086867134
9086867138
DOI:10.3920/978-90-8686-713-4

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