To the extent that it is a crucial – and ever more prominent – component of sustainable development, food security is an emerging area of research for IDLO. Our headquarter's geographic proximity to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP), both based in Rome, is fostering synergies and giving added impetus to our work on the subject. How rule-of-law principles can be used to bolster food security; promote non-discriminatory access to food; embed a gender perspective into food policies; and make the right to food justiciable in court, are some of the areas we study. Additionally, the emphasis in the post-2015 agenda on nutritious (as opposed to just plentiful) food links into our work on legal frameworks for the prevention of non-communicable diseases, such as obesity and diabetes.
Held annually on the occasion of the organization’s Assembly of Parties, IDLO’s highest decision-making governance body, the Partnership Forum took place from November 20 – 21 in Rome to inspire and stimulate dialogue between key actors around the obstacles and opportunities for the rule of law.
CFS 45 - Committee on World Food Security: Global thematic event on right to food
STATEMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAW ORGANIZATION
Rome
Delivered by Ilaria Bottigliero, Director of Research and Learning, IDLO
Excellencies,
Ladies and gentlemen,
Santo Domingo, 19 de septiembre 2018
Organismos trabajan con autoridades nacionales para identificar las capacidades sobre marcos legales y políticas públicas necesarias para invertir en la agricultura
En la lucha contra la erradicación del hambre y la malnutrición, se requiere que los países realicen inversiones responsables en la agricultura y en los sistemas alimentarios que mejoren los medios de vida de los pequeños productores y los grupos vulnerables.
Agriculture is the most important economic activity in Guatemala, employing around 32 per cent of the country’s labor force and contributing 14 per c
Antigua Guatemala, 17 May 2018
In 2016, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) launched a needs-driven Umbrella Programme to enhance responsible investment in agriculture and food systems with a view to addressing the global challenges of food security and hunger, particularly in low income countries. The work includes support for the application of guidance instruments such as the Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems (CFS-RAI), endorsed by the Committee on World Food Security in 2014.
STATEMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAW ORGANIZATION
Committee on Food Security 44
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
October 9, 2017
Rome
Delivered by Judit Arenas, Director - External Relations, IDLO
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Excellences,
Ladies and gentlemen,
We live in a world of abundance, yet ensuring food security remains challenging. Women are responsible for more than half of global food production. Yet they account for 70 per cent of the world’s hungry and are disproportionately affected by malnutrition.
