instrumental role enabling an individual to choose a bundle of commodities and wellbeing. The role of food, a basic necessity of … food production but nutritional emergency prevails in large regions indicating both failure in food distribution and the … lack of capacity to acquire food. Acquiring food is intrinsically related to the availability of work, and people …

Our body compulsory demands food, water and air to keep its vital functions and yet their economic nature is rather … diverse with food mostly considered a private good, water suffering an accelerated privatization process and air so far … considered a global common good. Food has evolved from a common good and local resource to a national asset and then to a …

What is the role of government policies in encouraging healthier food choices to fight the current overweight and … obesity epidemics? This report briefly examines the evidence base on unhealthy diets, including the associated burden on … health systems. It then takes stock of current knowledge on the effectiveness of policy instruments to tackle unhealthy diets …

Digital tools and technologies can assist governments to improve consumer health and the sustainability of food systems … farming practices, as well as to reduce asymmetries of food labelling schemes. They also contribute to more effective food …

Many developing countries use food price subsidies or price controls to improve the nutrition of the poor. However …