Sustainable Food Monitor - Latest Comments in The Cordoba Declaration on the Right to Food

Re: The Cordoba Declaration on the Right to Food

Stocks — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:20:45 -0000

Very promising. Not only with this promote small-scale agriculture as important source of employment and livelihood, but also take measures to strengthen local markets, and shorten the chain from food production to food consumption. Can't wait to see more of its further development!

Re: The Cordoba Declaration on the Right to Food

bathst — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:39:48 -0000

this is a very importnat issue with the current economy being the way it is

Re: The Cordoba Declaration on the Right to Food

Website Hosting — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:38:43 -0000

well...Coherence: All national and international policies should be guided by a human rights-based approach, to guarantee that they respect, protect and fulfil the progressive realization of the right to adequate food. In particular, States should

Re: The Cordoba Declaration on the Right to Food

Kazuri — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:41:09 -0000

The surplus of food in Europe and North America has the consequence that its detrimental to Western economic interests to have Southern countries producing food surplus to their needs. This becomes a fine line because a lack of food surplus means that any crop failure (due to a failure of rains or other reasons) has the potential of rapidly becoming a disaster because there are no buffers to protect populations

Re: The Cordoba Declaration on the Right to Food

Toronto Homes for Sale — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:13:43 -0000

The Cordoba process was started at an international seminar on the right to food at CEHAP, Cordoba October 2007, further pursued at the Right to Food Forum organised by the FAO Right to Food Unit in October 2008, and completed in its present version following a second meeting convened in Cordoba by CEHAP on November 28-29, 2008. It will be subject of further consultations and possible revisions during 2009

Re: The Cordoba Declaration on the Right to Food

m3 ds real — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 06:54:08 -0000

Some of the factors affecting hunger and the lack of access to adequate food have been recognised in these documents, but sometimes without clear guidelines on how to meet those challenges.

Re: The Cordoba Declaration on the Right to Food

Ipod Accessories — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:37:15 -0000

In general, States should, as a matter of priority, revise policies and practices to guarantee that the food insecure and vulnerable groups in their society can feed themselves directly from productive land or other natural resources, or have the means for the procurement of adequate food. They should also avoid policies and practices that prevent other States from being able to do so.

Re: The Cordoba Declaration on the Right to Food

Traveller — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:27:43 -0000

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Re: The Cordoba Declaration on the Right to Food

Red Plum — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:06:17 -0000

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