2012 Global food policy report: Overview in Chinese

In this chapter, global food policy is depicted as focusing on the elimination of hunger and improvement of food security for all persons while simultaneously satisfying their dietary needs and food preferences. This chapter provides a brief history ranging from late-nineteenth-century practices to the current impact of economic globalization on food systems. This is followed by a review of the current state of hunger and malnutrition, including the persistence of these despite major increases in global food production. Emphasis is placed on the need to develop food policies, including the right to food, using an interdisciplinary approach in the context of global studies. Such an approach calls attention to ethical and legal principles that affirm the right to sufficient and nutritious food. This understanding of political, economic, ecological, social, and cultural conditions will ensure the development of critical thinking with respect to the agenda of global food politics.

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The WHO and Its Role as an International Organization Influencing Global Food Policy

Reference Module in Food Science ◽

10.1016/b978-0-08-100596-5.03255-8 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Awa Aidara-Kane ◽

Angelika Tritscher ◽

Kazuaki Miyagishima

Keyword(s):

Food Policy ◽

International Organization ◽

Global Food

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2020 Global food policy report: Synopsis in Russian

10.2499/9780896293724 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Keyword(s):

Food Policy ◽

Global Food

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2020 Global Food Policy Report: Building Inclusive Food Systems

10.2499/9780896293670 ◽

2020 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Keyword(s):

Food Systems ◽

Food Policy ◽

Global Food

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Globally Securing Food in an Insecure World – Opportunities and Challenges

10.35293/ah.v4i1.3588 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Mariam Hussein

Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

Food Insecurity ◽

Global Governance ◽

Food Policy ◽

Food Aid ◽

Governance System ◽

Human Right ◽

Governmental Organizations ◽

The Right ◽

Global Food

This paper looks into the necessity of a global governance system for food security from a "humane" side, with a focus on countries and MNCs. It also explores potential mechanisms to drive MNCs involvement in the global governance of food security into a more inclusive path. Furthermore, the paper explores a more sustainable side to globally governing food security. All in all, this paper calls for the reshaping of a global governance system that better matches the root causes of food insecurity, rather than tries to solve hunger with food aid and provision. The solution starts with asking the right questions. The global governance system should adopt a sole human rights framework while addressing food insecurity. It should acknowledge that questions such as “for whose benefit?” is just as important as “how to produce more?”. Although effective, International Governmental Organizations should further consider how global rules affect different people, who will bear the risks, who will get the benefits from changes, who remain disempowered, and whose ability to control is neglected or enhanced. Global food policy should not just be feeding people, but rather feeding them equitably, appropriately, and sustainably. This brings about a new global food regime that’s integrative of the human right to food.

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