REPORTS



INDICATORS

  • Non discrimination

  • Outcomes

    • 20%

  • People’s Sovereignty over natural resources

      • All species including wild ones can be privatized
      • Privatised varieties may be used to breed new ones.
    • Privatised seeds:

      • Can harvest and sow them again
      • Can’t harvest them and exchange then as a gift
      • Can’t harvest and sell them
      • Fungicides and Bactericides: 101.89
      • Herbicides: 614.94
      • Insecticides: 6.59

      Compared to other countries, the use of pesticides have been low. However there was a dip in the usage of fungicides and bactericides in 1993.

       

  • Political Participation for the Right to Food

    Participation is one of the fundamental human rights principles, requiring that everyone has the right to participate in making decisions that affect them. In order to ensure that those most affected by violations to the right to food and nutrition participate in political processes, it is essential to have the legal and policy infrastructure within national frameworks, as well as the participatory spaces that give meaningful space for participation.

    • Constitutional Recognition

      Directive principles of state policy

      Article 110: “It is the responsibility of the authorities of the State to create conditions enabling every person capable of work to earn a living by his work". 

      Article 110 c: “It is the responsibility of the authorities of the State to respect and ensure human rights". 

      • Focus in increasing food production to combat climate change in Africa.
      • Food Security reality for Norway: Mostly an importing country and relies on most of their food supply from the outside.
      • Policies originally associated with food self sufficiency. All of Norwegian agriculture supplies the domestic market.

      For more information:

      http://www.amb-norvegia.it/Embassy/UN/Norways-new-strategy-on-food-security-/#.V_6XqJN97eQ

      https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228462163_Food_Security_Policy_in_a_Food_Importing_Country_The_Case_of_Norway

    • Ministry of Agriculture