The challenges involved in the realisation of the human right to adequate food and nutrition (HRtAFN), and of food and nutrition sovereignty and security in African countries and in Brazil, comprise different elements - but also share several similarities. While there has been evidence of a...

Andrea suggests that the internationally accepted understanding of access to food as a human right has been violated by the current trend toward what Marx has aptly termed the commodification of food. Food markets need regulation, Andrea argues, because they affect the lives of billions of...

The global population is forecasted to reach 9.4 billion by 2050, with much of this increase concentrated in developing regions and cities. Ensuring adequate food and nourishment to this large population is a pressing economic, moral and even security challenge and requires research (and action)...