Right to food 2008, para. 11

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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; 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 is a key element for food security and the provision of the right to food;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
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Topic(s)
  • Food & Nutrition
  • Gender
Person(s) affected
  • All
Year
2008
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, Right to food (2008), A/RES/63/187, OP 11.
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OP
Paragraph number
11