The right to food, para. 46

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16. Recognizes that 70 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; that sustainable and gender-sensitive agricultural policies are important tools for promoting land and agrarian reform, rural credit and insurance, technical assistance and other associated measures to achieve food security and rural development; and that support by States for small farmers, fishing communities and local enterprises, including through the facilitation of access of their products to national and international markets and the empowerment of small producers, particularly women, in value chains, is a key element for food security and the right to food;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Vote
Topic(s)
  • Food & Nutrition
  • Gender
Person(s) affected
  • Women
Year
2018
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
The right to food, Human Rights Council Resolution, 2018.
Paragraph number
46