Effects of pesticides on the right to food 2017, para. 22
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In various countries, agribusinesses have taken over lands belonging to indigenous and minority communities and instituted pesticide-dependent intensive agriculture. As a result, communities may be forced to live in marginal situations alongside such farms, regularly exposing them to pesticide drift.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the right to food
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Environment
Food & Nutrition
Person(s) affected
Ethnic minorities
Year
2017
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Other
Reference
SR Food, Report to the HRC (2017), A/HRC/34/48, para. 22.