Food and nutrition

Abstract

Hunger is the result of inaction or of negative actions that violate the right to food. The chapter considers the right to food framework and its relationship to development and humanitarian commitments and presents the view that these frameworks and the right to food are conceptually consistent. Realizing the right to food requires a range of integrated solutions, covering governance, humanitarian access, nutrition, adaptation to climate change and disaster risk reduction, health and education, gender equality and food system reform. States must meet their obligations; however, the international community must be supportive in facilitating the realization of the right to food in global agreements and country level legal frameworks, policies and programs. While many States have committed to the progressive realization of the right and improvement has been made, progress is insufficient to date. Legal frameworks must be accompanied by the political will to allocate resources to equitable development solutions.