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Food as a Human Right: Combatting Global Hunger and Forging a Path to Food Sovereignty

Food as a Human Right: Combatting Global Hunger and Forging a Path to Food Sovereignty

Schanbacher, William

Hardcover

Series: Praeger Security International

AgricultureGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 1440861773
ISBN13: 9781440861772
Publisher: Praeger
Published: Mar 22 2019
Pages: 232
Weight: 1.35
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.30
Language: English

This important work addresses the difficult ethical issues surrounding the accessibility of food to all people as a human right, and not a privilege that emerges because of social structure or benefit of geography.

Food sovereignty--the right of peoples to define their own chosen food and agriculture, free of monopolization or threats--is the path to stopping global hunger. This book approaches the topic from a solutions-based perspective, discussing concrete policy providing for sovereignty, or control, of one's own food sources as a solution that, while controversial, offers more promise than do the actions of international organizations and trade agreements. Providing access to safe, healthy food is an ethical responsibility of the world's nations, not just a right of the elite or wealthy.

This book presses the need to formulate policies that address the problems of poverty and hunger on a more humane and meaningful level. Organized thematically, chapters are based on such topics as food security, food sovereignty, human rights, and sustainability that focus on the global food system. Specific case studies provide examples of global hunger and poverty issues. Taken in its entirety, the book informs readers of how their food consumption might negatively affect the global poor, while its concluding chapters offer solutions for alleviating problems in the global food system.

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