Who Decides about Global Food and Nutrition? Strategies to Regain Control

The facts show that exclusion from economic and political decision making goes hand in hand with incidence of hunger and malnutrition. On the other hand, social movements and other expressions of civil society have engaged in strategies to regain people’s control over food and nutrition. Many of these struggles are rooted in the conviction of food and peoples sovereignty, relate to the use and strengthening of human rights instruments, and follow a strategy to effectively occupy political decision space in local, national and global governance structures. The Right to Food and Nutrition Watch monitors national,regional and global food security and nutrition policies from a human rights perspective, to detect and document violations and situations that increase the likelihood of violations, as well as the non implementation of human rights obligations and policy failures. The Watch provides a platform for human rights experts, civil society activists, social movements, the media,and scholars to exchange experiences on how best to carry out right to food work, including lobbying and advocacy.