Problem
Denial of right to sufficient food
Other Names:
Denial of right to freedom of hungerDenial of entitlement to food
Nature:
Every human being has the right to freedom from hunger, that is the right to a nutritionally adequate and safe diet and is based on the human right to dignity as a person. This right to food implies a right to certain means of producing/acquiring food.
Incidence:
The lack of sufficient food is related to food production, distribution and income levels. Advances in food production methods have made it possible for vast regions to produce sufficient food for their populations yet they still go hungry. In 11997, over 50 million children in South Asia are undernourished, despite the regions food surplus. Some 25 million children in Latin America are inadequately feed even though their region has become, after the USA the world's major food exporter. In these situations millions of people do not have the income to buy food, the means to grow it or the goods to exchange for it.
Broader Problems:
Denial of right to dignityDeteriorating quality of lifeInadequate social welfare services Narrower Problems:
Maldistribution of food Related Problems:
Denial of right to social securityDenial of right to economic securityDenial of right to sufficient shelterMalnutrition among indigenous peoplesDenial of right to sufficient clothingDenial of right to adequate medical care Aggravates:
StarvationMalnutrition Strategies:
Preventing violations of economic, social and cultural rightsCampaigning about food rightsAccumulating global food stocks References:
Byron, William J: On the Protection and Promotion of the Right to Food: an ethical reflectionFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: The Right to Food: extracts from international and regional instruments and declarations, and other authoritative texts Subject(s):
Amenities → FoodAmenities → Undernourishment
Societal Problems → Deprivation
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST