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21/11/2022

Small-scale fishers are stewards of our waters and seas

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As competition to control the world’s water resources increases the 2022 Right to Food and Nutrition Watch calls for global fisheries governance that recognizes small-scale fishers as custodians of water ecosystems and protects their rights from the onslaught of extractive industries and other commercial interests. 

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26/10/2021

Corporations treat people as mere consumers and that is wrong

2021 Right to Food and Nutrition Watch Video Series more

Food is more than just about silencing a growling tummy. Many of us consider it as a blessing and thus we pray and give thanks before meals. We share it with our neighbors as an act of friendship. Among Japan’s Okinawans, a group of indigenous peoples known for their longevity, food is medicine that often includes more than five servings a day of fruits and vegetables.

But in the last 70 years, the values, cultures, and spirituality in food that brought us together have been eroded by a food system that prioritizes profit over our welfare and harmonious relationship with nature.

20/07/2021

SOFI 2021: Tracking hunger, skipping problem’s roots

A new civil society report outlines how Covid-19 spotlights existing inequalities more

Can problems be solved without first knowing their roots? 

Identifying hurdles, but remaining silent or hazy on where these stem from appears to be the constant predicament of the annual global assessment of food insecurity and malnutrition jointly produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization, International Fund for Agricultural Development, UN Children's Fund, World Food Programme, and the World Health Organization.  

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