Right to food 2007, para. 10

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Recognizes that 80 per cent of hungry people live in rural areas and 50 per cent are small-scale farm-holders, and that these people are especially vulnerable to food insecurity, given the increasing cost of inputs and the fall in farm incomes; that access to land, water, seeds and other natural resources is an increasing challenge for poor producers; and that support by States for small farmers, fishing communities and local enterprises is an element key to food security and provision of the right to food;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Vote
Topic(s)
  • Food & Nutrition
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Poverty
Person(s) affected
  • All
Year
2007
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, Right to food (2007), A/RES/62/164, OP 10.
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OP
Paragraph number
10