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...

The international human rights regime has recognized the right to food since its inception, yet chronic hunger remains one of the most flagrant human rights violations of our time. Food security — the ability to access adequate, nutritious food — continues to elude almost one billion people....

History, sociology, anthropology and law currently study the impact of human practices on social, economic and environmental contexts, among others. Within this context, the aim of this article is to analyze the institutionalization of human rights in Brazilian law to provide adequate food as a...

Food and nutrition insecurity continues to pose a serious global challenge, reflecting government shortcomings in meeting international obligations to ensure the availability, accessibility, and quality of food and to ensure the highest attainable standard of health of their peoples. With global...

"Food sovereignty" expresses a complex concept, the key elements of which are attributable to a unitary matrix of political, social and economic order. It is, in other words, a political plan which is alternative to the neoliberal model, which on a global level dominates the agro-food sector....

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)...