This document discusses food and nutrition security in the Philippines and the government's efforts to ensure the right to food. It provides an overview of global and national hunger indicators and reviews the legal framework and a study on right to food assessment in the Philippines. The government's strategies in the Philippine Development Plan focus on raising agricultural productivity, increasing investments in food value chains, and transforming agricultural households. The plan also aims to reduce malnutrition by focusing on at-risk groups, increasing food supply and access, and strengthening coordination between agencies.
The document discusses food security policies in Ghana over the past decade. It defines food security as access to sufficient nutritious food. A 2009 survey found that 34%, 10%, and 15% of people in Ghana's northern regions experienced food insecurity. To address this, Ghana implemented emergency measures like input subsidies during the 2007 global food crisis. It also pursued longer-term policies including the Food and Agriculture Sector Development Policy, National Social Protection Strategy programs like LEAP and school feeding, and initiatives to boost domestic food production. However, the document concludes that more remains to be done to achieve food security goals.
The document discusses the Millennium Development Goals established in 2000 to improve human development by 2015. It outlines the 8 goals and related targets and indicators to measure progress in reducing poverty, hunger, disease, lack of education, and gender inequality. While some progress was made, many targets are unlikely to be met given uneven progress across regions, with sub-Saharan Africa in particular continuing to face many challenges in improving health, education, and development standards.
This document provides an overview of food security and nutrition interventions in Sudan. It summarizes the high levels of food insecurity and malnutrition across Sudan due to factors like conflict, climate change, and poverty. It then outlines the various interventions by international organizations, EU member states, and Sudanese government ministries to address these issues through activities like food assistance, livelihood support, nutrition programs, and capacity building. Challenges to coordination and access are also discussed.
This presentation based on current scenario of India's Food security and different polices or programs run by Indian government for prevention of malnutrition
UERM NSTP-CWTS2 Unit 4: Millennium Development Goalsguesta21538
The document discusses the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which are 8 targets established by the UN to reduce poverty by 2015. It provides an overview of the MDGs and their focus on issues like poverty, education, health, and environmental sustainability. It also analyzes the Philippines' progress and challenges in meeting targets related to reducing poverty, child mortality, maternal health, disease prevention, access to water and sanitation, and slum upgrading.
Millennium development goals for 2015 in pakistanAyesha Zahid
The document discusses Pakistan's progress toward achieving the United Nations Millennium Development Goals by 2015. It analyzes progress separately for each of Pakistan's provinces (Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Balochistan), finding that Punjab is furthest along but Balochistan is severely off track on health and education goals. It also summarizes the work of two non-governmental organizations, the Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund and the United Nations Development Program in Pakistan, to contribute to achieving the MDGs in areas like poverty reduction, education, health, and empowering women. It concludes by suggesting further awareness raising and identifying gaps for NGOs to address.
The document outlines India's serious problem with malnutrition, discussing statistics showing over 40% of underweight children globally are in India. It analyzes the current situation, noting India lacks a comprehensive national program and other nutrition programs do not fully address the problem. The document then proposes a national strategy and essential interventions to directly and indirectly combat malnutrition through improving nutrition, health services, sanitation, and more.
The document discusses food security policies in Ghana over the past decade. It defines food security as access to sufficient nutritious food. A 2009 survey found that 34%, 10%, and 15% of people in Ghana's northern regions experienced food insecurity. To address this, Ghana implemented emergency measures like input subsidies during the 2007 global food crisis. It also pursued longer-term policies including the Food and Agriculture Sector Development Policy, National Social Protection Strategy programs like LEAP and school feeding, and initiatives to boost domestic food production. However, the document concludes that more remains to be done to achieve food security goals.
The document discusses the Millennium Development Goals established in 2000 to improve human development by 2015. It outlines the 8 goals and related targets and indicators to measure progress in reducing poverty, hunger, disease, lack of education, and gender inequality. While some progress was made, many targets are unlikely to be met given uneven progress across regions, with sub-Saharan Africa in particular continuing to face many challenges in improving health, education, and development standards.
This document provides an overview of food security and nutrition interventions in Sudan. It summarizes the high levels of food insecurity and malnutrition across Sudan due to factors like conflict, climate change, and poverty. It then outlines the various interventions by international organizations, EU member states, and Sudanese government ministries to address these issues through activities like food assistance, livelihood support, nutrition programs, and capacity building. Challenges to coordination and access are also discussed.
This presentation based on current scenario of India's Food security and different polices or programs run by Indian government for prevention of malnutrition
UERM NSTP-CWTS2 Unit 4: Millennium Development Goalsguesta21538
The document discusses the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which are 8 targets established by the UN to reduce poverty by 2015. It provides an overview of the MDGs and their focus on issues like poverty, education, health, and environmental sustainability. It also analyzes the Philippines' progress and challenges in meeting targets related to reducing poverty, child mortality, maternal health, disease prevention, access to water and sanitation, and slum upgrading.
Millennium development goals for 2015 in pakistanAyesha Zahid
The document discusses Pakistan's progress toward achieving the United Nations Millennium Development Goals by 2015. It analyzes progress separately for each of Pakistan's provinces (Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Balochistan), finding that Punjab is furthest along but Balochistan is severely off track on health and education goals. It also summarizes the work of two non-governmental organizations, the Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund and the United Nations Development Program in Pakistan, to contribute to achieving the MDGs in areas like poverty reduction, education, health, and empowering women. It concludes by suggesting further awareness raising and identifying gaps for NGOs to address.
The document outlines India's serious problem with malnutrition, discussing statistics showing over 40% of underweight children globally are in India. It analyzes the current situation, noting India lacks a comprehensive national program and other nutrition programs do not fully address the problem. The document then proposes a national strategy and essential interventions to directly and indirectly combat malnutrition through improving nutrition, health services, sanitation, and more.
This document provides an overview of progress toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals. It highlights that lives have been improved through reductions in poverty, disease, and mortality. Key accomplishments include reducing malaria deaths by 20% worldwide, increasing access to HIV treatment by over 1.2 million people, successfully treating 41 million tuberculosis patients, and increasing access to clean drinking water for over 1.8 billion people globally. While progress has been made, more work is still needed to fully achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
Sustainable Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition in the Post-2015 FrameworkDr Lendy Spires
This document discusses including sustainable agriculture, food security, and nutrition in the Post-2015 development framework. It argues that a comprehensive approach is needed to address these interlinked issues and eliminate hunger and poverty. The document proposes a goal with six targets and related indicators to measure progress in: 1) eliminating hunger, 2) increasing sustainable agricultural productivity, 3) improving environmental sustainability of agriculture, 4) increasing opportunities for smallholder farmers, 5) developing more sustainable food systems, and 6) promoting nutrition security and reducing stunting. The targets and indicators are designed to be ambitious but measurable and applicable globally to track progress towards ensuring food security, good nutrition, and sustainable development by 2030.
The document summarizes the eight Millennium Development Goals established by the United Nations in 2000. It provides details on each of the eight goals, including eradicating poverty and hunger, achieving universal primary education, promoting gender equality, reducing child mortality, improving maternal health, combating HIV/AIDS and other diseases, ensuring environmental sustainability, and developing a global partnership for development. Each goal includes specific targets to be achieved by 2015 or 2020 and key indicators to measure progress toward meeting the targets.
A presentation on:
The UN Decade Of Action On Nutrition: Connecting The Dots For Nigeria
By
Remmy NWEKE, mNUJ, mNGE, mGOCOP
National Coordinator
Media Centre Against child Malnutrition (MeCAM)
Group Executive Editor,
ITREALMS Media group
[ITREALMS, NaijaAgroNet, DigitalSENSE Business Mag.]
@ 2020
“Protein Challenge Nigeria”
organized by
MediaCraft Associates
On Friday, 21st August, 2020
The document summarizes the eight Millennium Development Goals established by the United Nations in 2000. The goals aimed to eradicate poverty, hunger, disease, and gender inequality while promoting education, health, environmental sustainability and global partnerships by 2015. Each goal is broken down into specific targets to be measured by indicators like poverty rates, education enrollment, access to clean water and technology infrastructure. The document provides details on the targets and indicators for each of the eight Millennium Development Goals.
The document discusses India's progress toward achieving the eight Millennium Development Goals established by the United Nations. It provides details on India's status in relation to each goal, including reducing poverty, achieving universal primary education, promoting gender equality, reducing child and maternal mortality, combating HIV/AIDS and other diseases, ensuring environmental sustainability, and developing a global partnership for development. While India has made progress in many areas, it is expected to fall short of fully achieving several of the MDG targets by the 2015 deadline.
The document discusses MDG 7, which aims to ensure environmental sustainability. It focuses on India's progress and challenges in achieving the targets of MDG 7 related to access to safe drinking water, basic sanitation, and improving the lives of slum dwellers. While India has made progress in areas like water coverage in rural areas, it faces major challenges in sanitation access and quality. UNICEF supports the government's efforts in areas like hygiene education, school sanitation programs, and scaling up access to water and sanitation facilities.
This document discusses Bangladesh's progress toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals established by the United Nations in 2000. It notes that Bangladesh has already met several targets, including reducing poverty, child malnutrition, and gender disparity in education. The document outlines Bangladesh's status and achievements in each of the eight Millennium Development Goals relating to poverty, education, gender equality, child and maternal health, disease control, environmental sustainability, and global partnerships.
KENYA’S FOOD SECURITY, CAUSES AND STAKEHOLDERS IN FOOD SECURITY Jack Onyisi Abebe
A food secure population can meet its consumption needs during the given consumption period by using strategies that do not compromise future food security
Presented at Michigan State University's WorldTAP International Short Course in Food Safety on July 31, 2009. (http://foodsafetyknowledgenetwork.org/worldtap/foodsafety09)
USAID Nutrition Strategy_Mellen Tanamly_5.8.14CORE Group
The document outlines USAID's new Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy for 2014-2025. The strategy was developed through an extensive consultation process with technical experts and stakeholders. It aims to guide USAID's nutrition policies and programs to improve nutrition and advance development goals. Key elements include focusing on the first 1,000 days of life, implementing both nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions, integrating development and emergency responses, emphasizing national commitment and capacity building, and regularly reviewing progress towards global 2025 nutrition targets. The strategy will be launched in May 2014 along with guidance for operationalizing it in partner countries.
1) Undernutrition remains a major problem in Sub-Saharan Africa, with 40% of children stunted and over 20% underweight.
2) Investing in nutrition has large economic returns due to increased productivity and reduced healthcare costs. However, agricultural growth alone has not translated to improved child nutrition outcomes.
3) Closing nutrient gaps will require addressing constraints like improving market access for nutritious foods, investing in infrastructure to transport perishable foods, and focusing on gender and sanitation issues that impact childcare and feeding practices. Multi-sectoral cooperation is needed to achieve nutrition targets.
Venezuela and the Millennium Development GoalsTerry Townsend
By the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Australia
In 2000, Venezuela, along with members of the United Nations, took on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as a commitment to global solidarity to eradicate poverty and improving living conditions of the world’s population. The MDGs have been a guide for national development strategies in specific areas that seek to guarantee human rights and equity.
Since the arrival of the Bolivarian government, social policy has been guided by constitutional principles, social inclusion and participation. This has not only allowed human rights to exist, but has also aided the transformation of citizens into agents of their own development process.
The document outlines the objectives and topics to be covered in a family planning session. Participants will learn to define family planning terms, describe how it relates to the MDGs, the evolution of interventions from 1947 to present, and vital health trends. The roles of various organizations in implementation will be discussed, as will unmet needs and shortcomings in Pakistan. Recommendations for health reforms will also be presented. One key paper on family planning in Pakistan will be illustrated.
The document discusses the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It provides background on the establishment of the MDGs in 2000-2015 to reduce poverty, hunger, disease, lack of education, lack of access to water, and environmental degradation. It outlines the 8 MDGs and their specific targets and indicators. It then summarizes the global and Indian progress towards achieving Goal 1 on reducing poverty and hunger and Goal 2 on achieving universal primary education. Challenges in fully achieving the goals are also mentioned.
As part of the IFPRI Egypt Seminar in partnership with the National Nutrition Committee (ASRT affiliated): "100 million healthy lives: Scientific evidence on the double burden of malnutrition in Egypt"
Anirudha Thakar is a senior marketing manager with over 28 years of experience in sales and marketing of industrial and specialty chemicals. He is currently working with Filtrum Fibretechnologies Private Ltd in Pune, where he has helped increase annual sales from Rs. 60,000 to Rs. 40 lakhs since 2011 by expanding the distributor network from 2 to 18 distributors and winning government tenders. Previously he has worked with Melzer Chemicals, Suneet Enterprise, Uni Campine Ltd and Dai-Ichi Karkaria Ltd, where he increased sales and catered to various industries like adhesives, paints, detergents and more. He holds a B.E
This document is a resume for Sri Kurnia Herlani from Jakarta Raya, Indonesia. She has over 10 years of experience in customer service, administration, and public relations roles. Her highest level of education is a Bachelor's Degree in Business Studies from Sekolah Tinggi Manajemen Labora, Indonesia. Her most recent role was as a Document Controller at PT. TECH OIL INTERNATIONAL from 2009 to 2012.
The document discusses the growth of e-invoicing and its benefits. It notes that e-invoicing adoption is increasing at around 20% annually due to factors like EU directives promoting standardization, the move toward digitization of business processes, and the use of cloud services. E-invoicing provides benefits like reduced costs, improved visibility and workflow, and lower DSO which can improve cash flow.
This document provides an overview of progress toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals. It highlights that lives have been improved through reductions in poverty, disease, and mortality. Key accomplishments include reducing malaria deaths by 20% worldwide, increasing access to HIV treatment by over 1.2 million people, successfully treating 41 million tuberculosis patients, and increasing access to clean drinking water for over 1.8 billion people globally. While progress has been made, more work is still needed to fully achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
Sustainable Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition in the Post-2015 FrameworkDr Lendy Spires
This document discusses including sustainable agriculture, food security, and nutrition in the Post-2015 development framework. It argues that a comprehensive approach is needed to address these interlinked issues and eliminate hunger and poverty. The document proposes a goal with six targets and related indicators to measure progress in: 1) eliminating hunger, 2) increasing sustainable agricultural productivity, 3) improving environmental sustainability of agriculture, 4) increasing opportunities for smallholder farmers, 5) developing more sustainable food systems, and 6) promoting nutrition security and reducing stunting. The targets and indicators are designed to be ambitious but measurable and applicable globally to track progress towards ensuring food security, good nutrition, and sustainable development by 2030.
The document summarizes the eight Millennium Development Goals established by the United Nations in 2000. It provides details on each of the eight goals, including eradicating poverty and hunger, achieving universal primary education, promoting gender equality, reducing child mortality, improving maternal health, combating HIV/AIDS and other diseases, ensuring environmental sustainability, and developing a global partnership for development. Each goal includes specific targets to be achieved by 2015 or 2020 and key indicators to measure progress toward meeting the targets.
A presentation on:
The UN Decade Of Action On Nutrition: Connecting The Dots For Nigeria
By
Remmy NWEKE, mNUJ, mNGE, mGOCOP
National Coordinator
Media Centre Against child Malnutrition (MeCAM)
Group Executive Editor,
ITREALMS Media group
[ITREALMS, NaijaAgroNet, DigitalSENSE Business Mag.]
@ 2020
“Protein Challenge Nigeria”
organized by
MediaCraft Associates
On Friday, 21st August, 2020
The document summarizes the eight Millennium Development Goals established by the United Nations in 2000. The goals aimed to eradicate poverty, hunger, disease, and gender inequality while promoting education, health, environmental sustainability and global partnerships by 2015. Each goal is broken down into specific targets to be measured by indicators like poverty rates, education enrollment, access to clean water and technology infrastructure. The document provides details on the targets and indicators for each of the eight Millennium Development Goals.
The document discusses India's progress toward achieving the eight Millennium Development Goals established by the United Nations. It provides details on India's status in relation to each goal, including reducing poverty, achieving universal primary education, promoting gender equality, reducing child and maternal mortality, combating HIV/AIDS and other diseases, ensuring environmental sustainability, and developing a global partnership for development. While India has made progress in many areas, it is expected to fall short of fully achieving several of the MDG targets by the 2015 deadline.
The document discusses MDG 7, which aims to ensure environmental sustainability. It focuses on India's progress and challenges in achieving the targets of MDG 7 related to access to safe drinking water, basic sanitation, and improving the lives of slum dwellers. While India has made progress in areas like water coverage in rural areas, it faces major challenges in sanitation access and quality. UNICEF supports the government's efforts in areas like hygiene education, school sanitation programs, and scaling up access to water and sanitation facilities.
This document discusses Bangladesh's progress toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals established by the United Nations in 2000. It notes that Bangladesh has already met several targets, including reducing poverty, child malnutrition, and gender disparity in education. The document outlines Bangladesh's status and achievements in each of the eight Millennium Development Goals relating to poverty, education, gender equality, child and maternal health, disease control, environmental sustainability, and global partnerships.
KENYA’S FOOD SECURITY, CAUSES AND STAKEHOLDERS IN FOOD SECURITY Jack Onyisi Abebe
A food secure population can meet its consumption needs during the given consumption period by using strategies that do not compromise future food security
Presented at Michigan State University's WorldTAP International Short Course in Food Safety on July 31, 2009. (http://foodsafetyknowledgenetwork.org/worldtap/foodsafety09)
USAID Nutrition Strategy_Mellen Tanamly_5.8.14CORE Group
The document outlines USAID's new Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy for 2014-2025. The strategy was developed through an extensive consultation process with technical experts and stakeholders. It aims to guide USAID's nutrition policies and programs to improve nutrition and advance development goals. Key elements include focusing on the first 1,000 days of life, implementing both nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions, integrating development and emergency responses, emphasizing national commitment and capacity building, and regularly reviewing progress towards global 2025 nutrition targets. The strategy will be launched in May 2014 along with guidance for operationalizing it in partner countries.
1) Undernutrition remains a major problem in Sub-Saharan Africa, with 40% of children stunted and over 20% underweight.
2) Investing in nutrition has large economic returns due to increased productivity and reduced healthcare costs. However, agricultural growth alone has not translated to improved child nutrition outcomes.
3) Closing nutrient gaps will require addressing constraints like improving market access for nutritious foods, investing in infrastructure to transport perishable foods, and focusing on gender and sanitation issues that impact childcare and feeding practices. Multi-sectoral cooperation is needed to achieve nutrition targets.
Venezuela and the Millennium Development GoalsTerry Townsend
By the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Australia
In 2000, Venezuela, along with members of the United Nations, took on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as a commitment to global solidarity to eradicate poverty and improving living conditions of the world’s population. The MDGs have been a guide for national development strategies in specific areas that seek to guarantee human rights and equity.
Since the arrival of the Bolivarian government, social policy has been guided by constitutional principles, social inclusion and participation. This has not only allowed human rights to exist, but has also aided the transformation of citizens into agents of their own development process.
The document outlines the objectives and topics to be covered in a family planning session. Participants will learn to define family planning terms, describe how it relates to the MDGs, the evolution of interventions from 1947 to present, and vital health trends. The roles of various organizations in implementation will be discussed, as will unmet needs and shortcomings in Pakistan. Recommendations for health reforms will also be presented. One key paper on family planning in Pakistan will be illustrated.
The document discusses the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It provides background on the establishment of the MDGs in 2000-2015 to reduce poverty, hunger, disease, lack of education, lack of access to water, and environmental degradation. It outlines the 8 MDGs and their specific targets and indicators. It then summarizes the global and Indian progress towards achieving Goal 1 on reducing poverty and hunger and Goal 2 on achieving universal primary education. Challenges in fully achieving the goals are also mentioned.
As part of the IFPRI Egypt Seminar in partnership with the National Nutrition Committee (ASRT affiliated): "100 million healthy lives: Scientific evidence on the double burden of malnutrition in Egypt"
Anirudha Thakar is a senior marketing manager with over 28 years of experience in sales and marketing of industrial and specialty chemicals. He is currently working with Filtrum Fibretechnologies Private Ltd in Pune, where he has helped increase annual sales from Rs. 60,000 to Rs. 40 lakhs since 2011 by expanding the distributor network from 2 to 18 distributors and winning government tenders. Previously he has worked with Melzer Chemicals, Suneet Enterprise, Uni Campine Ltd and Dai-Ichi Karkaria Ltd, where he increased sales and catered to various industries like adhesives, paints, detergents and more. He holds a B.E
This document is a resume for Sri Kurnia Herlani from Jakarta Raya, Indonesia. She has over 10 years of experience in customer service, administration, and public relations roles. Her highest level of education is a Bachelor's Degree in Business Studies from Sekolah Tinggi Manajemen Labora, Indonesia. Her most recent role was as a Document Controller at PT. TECH OIL INTERNATIONAL from 2009 to 2012.
The document discusses the growth of e-invoicing and its benefits. It notes that e-invoicing adoption is increasing at around 20% annually due to factors like EU directives promoting standardization, the move toward digitization of business processes, and the use of cloud services. E-invoicing provides benefits like reduced costs, improved visibility and workflow, and lower DSO which can improve cash flow.
Kako da napravite plan za uspješan web sajt?Ivan Kukic
Razvoj interneta utvrdio je nova pravila u marketingu. Kao ključni element koji podržava poslovanje i marketing strategije, internet treba tretirati kao glavni marketinški alat.
Takozvani “Web 2.0” ima značajan uticaj u odlukama koju dodnose organizacije prilikom kreiranja marketing strategije. Smatra se kao 6-ti najveći mediji. Internet stvara mogućnosti i izazove za mala i srednja preduzeća.
Kompanije bez on-line prisustva (sajt, blog, Facebook, Twitter) trebale bi da ulože vrijeme u istraživanje i razvoj svoje digitalne strategije.
Dostupnost interneta i sve veća prisutnost pametnih telefona je omogućilo novi način povezivanja kupaca. Kupci na internetu komuniciraju preko društvenih sajtova, blogova, ili e-mail-a. Svako može poslati komentar na TripAdvisor, podjeliti post sa prijateljina na Facebook-u ili postaviti fotografiju na Flickr. To znači da firme koje nemaju web sajt i dalje mogu imati internet identitet.
Prezentacija web portala bookme-montenegro.comIvan Kukic
Danas je u prostorijama Nacionalne turističke organizacije održana prezentacija novog web portala za smještajne kapacitete, izlete, transfere i rent-a-car vozila u Crnoj Gori. Fokus prezentacije bio je na benefitima koje ovaj portal donosi turističkom poslovanju, kao i mogućnosti podrške Nacionalne turističke organizacije Crne Gore.
Web platforma je rađena kao projekat bookme-montenegro.com (BMM) punih 6 mjeseci i glavni cilj je da se na jednom mjestu potencijalnim turistima ponudi smještaj na teritoriji cijele Crne Gore sa podrškom odabira izleta, transfera i rent-a-car vozila. Mogućnost da vlasnici hotelskog i privatnog smještaja, zajedno sa turističkim agencijama ponude svoje usluge i proizvode potencijalnim turistima na jednom mjestu, čine portal bookme-montenegro.com jednistvenim u Crnoj Gori i u regionu.
The Community Agency is a social business idea aiming at training and improving employability of unprivileged young professionals; incubate social businesses from local entrepreneurs; train and incubate projects from existing third sector players to increase impact on the ground; and 'bottom of the pyramid' consultancy, to reduce the divide and increase understanding between the so called 'top' and 'bottom'.
Effective learning from delhi brts –a case study of pune brtseSAT Journals
Abstract This paper emphasizes on the common problems endured by Delhi and Pune BRTS corridor. Urban Traffic commutation has an eloquent place in urban life. BRTS is a very old form of public transport, but it is still a new concept for developing countries like India, because of its psychological aspects. Bus Rapid Transit involves synchronized improvements in a transport system’s infrastructure, equipment, working, performance and technology that give preference to buses on urban roadways. This paper gives an overall outlook of Delhi and Pune BRT systems and observed some common problems in operating both the system, and some recommendations are mentioned so that could help improving Pune BRTS immensely and influentially and have a better result avoiding bottlenecksthose faced byDelhiBRTS.The main present study intent to highlight the problems and to overcome those problems. Keywords: Delhi and Pune BRTS Bottlenecks, Public Transport, Feeder, Social Image
This document discusses strategies for addressing controversy in distance education. It recommends anticipating potential areas of controversy, setting clear expectations for discussions, and looking for signs of conflict or unease in student posts. When issues arise, the document advises acknowledging the conflict, encouraging critical thinking based on facts, and providing a space for difficult questions. It also provides tips for minimizing factors that affect student self-efficacy, such as having clear tasks and expectations, providing positive feedback, and taking a proactive approach to decrease student stress and anxiety through clear communication and examples.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
The document discusses the history of the inquisition from its origins in the 13th century to its abolition in the 19th century. It began as a way for the Catholic Church to discover and punish heresy through investigations and questioning that often involved torture. Over time, the inquisition targeted various religious dissenters like Cathars, Waldensians, Knights Templar, Jews, Muslims, and Protestants. It granted the Church political power and a way to consolidate orthodox theology while weakening opposition and gaining wealth through confiscated property. The inquisition used torture devices and censorship of prohibited books to enforce obedience to Church doctrine until it was finally abolished in fear of the French Revolution.
Bus Shelter | Bus Panel Advertising in PuneAdvertisewale
Advertisewale is leading advertising agency for Bus Shelter, Bus Back, Left & Right Side Panel advertise in Pune. In this document you can have the idea for advertisement sizes, photographs, details for Pune City bus media.
Some 805 million people in the world are undernourished, and more than 2 million children die each year of malnutrition. Promoting agriculture for improving nutrition is urgently needed.
In this context, a framework for joint action "Agriculture and nutrition: A common future” was launched by the European Commission, FAO, the World Bank and CTA at the International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2), held in November 2014, in Rome.
The framework was presented by CTA’s Director, Michael Hailu, and lays out how the four organisations will align their efforts to deliver concrete actions that make a difference to those most affected by malnutrition.
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The document summarizes the Global Hunger Index (GHI), which measures and tracks hunger globally using three indicators: undernourishment, child underweight, and child mortality. The GHI ranks countries on a 100-point scale based on these indicators. In 2012, 20 countries had alarming or extremely alarming hunger levels according to the GHI. While global hunger has declined since 1990 according to the GHI, it remains serious at a score of 14.7. South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa have the highest hunger levels. The document also discusses how land, water, and energy scarcity pose challenges to ensuring sustainable food security.
Brazil has significantly reduced hunger and malnutrition over the past decade through policies prioritizing food and nutrition security since 2003. Key policies include the Zero Hunger strategy, Bolsa Familia conditional cash transfers, and supporting family farms which now produce 70% of food consumed domestically. Legal frameworks strengthened and coordination between government agencies also helped reduce undernourishment below 5%, meeting UN development goals. Continued efforts aim to further support vulnerable groups and ensure all Brazilians' right to adequate food.
Derek Headey and Marie Ruel from IFPRI presented on the impacts of COVID-19 on childhood malnutrition and nutrition-related mortality. They found that economic contractions from COVID-19 prevention measures can significantly increase risks of child wasting. Using DHS data from 52 countries from 1990-2018, they estimated that a 10% decline in GNI could increase moderate or severe child wasting by 14%. They also explored mechanisms like impacts on child diets, disease rates, and maternal nutrition. Applying their model to Ethiopia, they estimated that a 5.5% GNI decline could result in over 70,000 additional moderately or severely wasted children. They discussed the need for unprecedented social protection and nutrition programs to mitigate impacts on child
School feeding programs are a strategy to connect health, nutrition and agriculture in emerging economies. The document discusses the evolution of approaches to school feeding programs and current debates. It provides details on the large scale of existing school feeding programs around the world. The Brazilian case is then discussed, highlighting the Zero Hunger strategy, redistributive social policies like Bolsa Familia, and support for family farmers through policies like rural credit and the definition of "family farmer" under Brazilian law.
This document discusses efforts to achieve zero hunger by 2030 through the UN Secretary General's Zero Hunger Challenge. It finds that while progress has been made in reducing undernourishment, the goal of halving hunger by 2015 will not be reached. Over 840 million people remain undernourished as of 2011-2013, though this is down from 868 million in 2010-2012. The challenge coordinates 23 UN agencies around 5 elements: ensuring access to food, ending stunting in children under 2, sustainable food systems, doubling smallholder incomes, and halving food waste. It outlines regional trends in hunger reduction and price volatility effects. Addressing malnutrition requires tackling undernourishment, micronutrient deficiencies,
1) Food security exists when all people have access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs for an active and healthy life.
2) Around 870 million people, or 12.5% of the global population, were undernourished between 2010-2012. Sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia have the highest levels of hunger.
3) India alone accounts for over half of all malnutrition-related child deaths worldwide despite growing enough food to meet its population's needs. High poverty, lower incomes, and poor infrastructure contribute to India's food insecurity challenges.
The Brussels Development Briefing no. 52 on “Food safety: a critical part of the food system in Africa ” took place on 19 September 2018 from 09h00 to 13h00, ACP Secretariat, Brussels 451 Avenue Georges Henri, 1200 Brussels. This Briefing was organised by the ACP-EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), in collaboration with the European Commission (DG DEVCO & DG Health and Food Safety), the ACP Secretariat, CONCORD and the Global Food Safety Partnership.
This document discusses including sustainable agriculture, food security, and nutrition in the post-2015 development framework. It argues that a comprehensive approach is needed to address these interrelated issues and eliminate hunger and poverty. Specifically, it recommends a goal with targets and indicators that: 1) measure progress on eradicating hunger; 2) measure sustainable food production, productivity, consumption, and systems focusing on smallholder farmers including women; and 3) measure improved nutrition outcomes. This integrated approach recognizes the linkages between agriculture, food systems, nutrition and development outcomes and is needed to sustainably address extreme poverty and hunger.
Preliminary results: Malawi Zero Hunger and Malnutrition Strategic ReviewIFPRIMaSSP
This presentation shared preliminary findings from the Malawi Zero Hunger and Malnutrition Strategic Review (ZHMSR), which is a government-led, independent, analytical, and consultative exercise to identify the key challenges Malawi faces in achieving the second Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 2), to "end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture" by 2030.
The results were presented at the Lilongwe office of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) by Dr. Grace Kumchulesi, from the ZHMSR research team. The seminar is part of IFPRI Malawi's Brown Bag Research Seminar series, which allows for presentation of early research results for discussion and feedback.
1) Food security has deteriorated in Egypt since 2005 due to successive crises and shocks.
2) Food subsidies have played an important role in protecting the poor from these crises by accounting for nearly 20% of poor households' food expenditures and subsidized bread accounting for 71% of bread consumed by poor households.
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Ugnayang Bayan 2015 - UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food
1. RIGHT TO FOOD:
Philippines
ARSENIO M. BALISACAN
Secretary of Socioeconomic Planning
Visit of UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food
Department of Agriculture
20 February 2014
2. I. Overview
State of Food and Nutrition Security: World and the Philippines
Selected Philippine Food and Nutrition Security Indicators [1]
II. Legal Basis/Framework
International obligations/commitments
Relevant Philippine laws
House Bill 3795 “Right to Adequate Food Bill”
III. Right to Food Assessment in the Philippines[2] by APPC for FAO
Findings of “Right to Food Assessment”
Policy Recommendations
IV. Philippine Government Efforts
Presentation Outline
3. STATE OF GLOBAL FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY
Global Hunger Index (GHI)
- A tool developed by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
that is designed to comprehensively measure and track hunger globally.
- Countries are ranked using a 100-point scale, with 0 being the best score
(no hunger) and 100 being the worst
- Combines three (3) equally weighted indices into one (1) index:
1. Undernourishment
2. Child underweight
3. Child mortality
Overview
4. STATE OF GLOBAL FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY
• GHI in the Philippines improved for the
past years, from 20.1 in 1990, to 13.1 in
2014.
• Global Hunger Index or GHI in
2014: 12.5%
• GHI is highest in South Asian
countries and in Sub-Saharan
Africa
Source of basic data: GHI 2014 Report
Overview
0
5
10
15
20
25
1990 1995 2000 2005 2014
GHI in the Philippines
5. STATE OF GLOBAL FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY
• State of undernourishment in the world has improved, with the decline in the
incidence of undernourished people for the past decades at an average of 14.6%.
• Majority of population who are considered hungry live in developing countries, where
about 805 million people (11% of world population) are estimated to be chronically
undernourished.
• For 2010-2012, highest incidence of undernourishment was recorded at 26.8% for
Sub-Saharan Africa, followed by the Caribbean at 17.8%.
• Prevalence of undernourishment in the Philippines decreased from 24.5% (1990-1992)
to about 16.2% (2011-2013).
Source: The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2012, FAO
Undernourishment
Overview
6. STATE OF GLOBAL FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY
• Prevalence of underweight in children under
5 y/o has generally been decreasing for the
past years.
• Per 2012 MDG report, one in five children
(51%) under-five in the developing countries
is underweight, with highest incidence noted
in Southern Asia.
• Prevalence of underweight in children under
5 years in the Philippines decreased from
29.9% to about 20.2% (2009-2013).
Health status of children under 5
Overview
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Incidence(%)
Prevalence of underweight in
children under five years (%)
Bangladesh
India
Sri Lanka
China
Brazil
Philippines
7. STATE OF GLOBAL FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY
• Almost whole of Sub-Saharan Africa showed
high levels of MMR, with more than 300
deaths per 100,000 live births.
• In the Philippines, 2011 MMR was recorded
at 221 per 100,000 livebirths, based on the
Family Health Survey.
• Periodic FHS show that MMR in the
Philippines have experienced a decline from
1990-2006, but have grew last 2011.
Maternal Health
Mapping of Global Maternal Mortality Ratio
(MMR, death per 100 000 live births), 2010-2014
Source: WHO
Overview
8. Subsistence Incidence In The Philippines
• From 2006-2013, subsistence
incidence has decreased from
14.2% to 10.7% in families,
and 10.8% to 7.7 in
population.
10.8
10.0 10.0
7.7
14.2
13.3 13.4
10.7
0.0
2.0
4.0
6.0
8.0
10.0
12.0
14.0
16.0
2006 2009 2012 2013
Families Population
Overview
SELECTED PHILIPPINE FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY INDICATORS
9. Trend (%) in the prevalence of underweight-for-age among children, under-five years
old using World Health Organization - Child Growth Standard (WHO-CGS): 1990-2011
Overview
SELECTED PHILIPPINE FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY INDICATORS
10. Prevalence (%) of underweight-for-age children, under five years old by region
using WHO-CGS: 2008 and 2011
Overview
SELECTED PHILIPPINE FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY INDICATORS
12. a. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights
b. Convention on the Rights of the Child
c. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination Against Women
d. Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions and
Relating to the Protection of Victims of International and
Non-International Armed Conflicts
Philippines Human Rights Treaties
relevant to the Right to Food
13. • The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• The Declaration on the Rights of the Child
• The Universal Declaration on the Eradication of Hunger and
Malnutrition
• The Declaration on Protection of Women and Children in
Emergency and Armed Conflicts
• The Code of Ethics for International Trade
• The Declaration on the Right to Development
• The Rome Declaration on World Food Security
• The Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of
the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food
Security
• High-Level Conference on World Food Security: the Challenges of
Climate Change and Bioenergy
Other human rights instruments
14. Philippine laws and related
jurisprudence focussing on normative
entitlements to food
Relevant Philippine laws
47 -
Food
Availability
, 17
Food
Accessibility
, 25
Food Safety , 10
16. • Introduced by Reps. Ibarra Gutierrez III and Walden Bello of
Akbayan Partylist, Rep. Arlene Bag-ao of Dinagat Islands, and
Rep. Jose Christopher Belmonte of Quezon City in February
2014
• Takes off from Philippine commitments as a state-party to
ICESCR and the FAO’s Right to Food Guidelines adopted in
2004; and Article II of the Philippine Constitution
House Bill 3795
“Right to Adequate Food Bill”
Government Obligations
• States that the government has a duty to respect, protect, and
fulfil the right to adequate food.
17. Salient Provisions:
Targets
• Reduce the incidence of hunger from current levels by 25% every
2.5 years
• increase of land devoted to food production to 50% within 10 years
Institutional Changes
• Creates the Commission on the Right to Adequate Food, attached
to the Commission on Human Rights
• Creates the Inter-Agency Council on the Right to Adequate Food
• Includes a provision mandating the rationalization of existing laws,
in accordance with the right to adequate food
House Bill 3795
“Right to Adequate Food Bill”
19. Assessment of the Philippine Legal Framework
Governing the Right to Food
• Despite the surfeit of laws, the Philippine legal framework
governing the right to food falls short of the imperatives for
realizing the right to food.
• Recourse mechanisms to seek state protection due to
violation of an individual’s right to food are in place but this
may be negated by other barriers such as the costs of
litigation and access to advocates.
• The legal framework is neither coherent nor complementary.
20. Assessment of the Philippine Legal Framework
Governing the Right to Food
• The weaknesses of the Philippine legal
framework governing the right to food can be
traced to:
– the lack of explicit recognition of the right to food by the
country’s fundamental law; and
– the lack of a national food policy.
21. Policy Recommendations of the Study
• Adoption of a national food policy, with the full
and active participation of all actors in the public
and private spheres.
• Rationalization of the food legal framework.
23. PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT EFFORTS
PDP Strategies on Food Security (2013-2016)
1. Raise productivity and incomes of agriculture and fishery-based households and
enterprises
• Diversify production
• Complete the delineation of municipal waters
• Improve rural infra and facilities
• Develop markets and sharpen regulatory competency
• Strengthen RD&E
• Improve sector’s credit access
• Secure food availability and accessibility
24. PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT EFFORTS
PDP Strategies on Food Security (2013-2016)
2. Increase investments and employment across and efficient value chain
• Create job opportunities
• Localize agricultural promotion and development
• Promote value-adding
• Promote vertical and horizontal integration
• Strengthen country’s agricultural exports
• Expand investments in aquaculture and other food production
areas
3. Transform ARBs into viable entrepreneurs
25. PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT EFFORTS
PDP Strategies on Nutrition Security (2013-2016)
1. Reduce disparities in nutrition by focusing on population groups and areas highly
affected by or at risk of malnutrition
2. Devote more resources to interventions with a greater impact on undernutrition
among children under–five
3. Revive, identify, adopt, and propagate good practices and models for nutrition
improvement
4. Increase food supply at the community level through food production programs and
development and the maintenance of facilities
5. Improve access to food by generating employment and building capacities for higher
employability
6. Protect the vulnerable from food insecurity through food-based safety nets, e.g. direct
distribution of rice, emergency employment
7. Strengthen and nurture interagency structures for integrated and coordinated
implementation of nutrition and related services at national and local levels
26. RIGHT TO FOOD:
Philippines
ARSENIO M. BALISACAN
Secretary of Socioeconomic Planning
Visit of UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food
Department of Agriculture
20 February 2014
Editor's Notes
Good morning.
This slides shows the outline of the presentation.
Sources:
[1] Philippines Fifth Progress Report on the Millennium Development Goals (2014). Downloaded from: http://www.neda.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/MDG-Progress-Report-5-Final.pdf
[2] Abad-Santos, C., Edillon, R., Piza, S.F., delos Reyes, V., & Diokno, M. S. (2010). Right to Food Assessment Philippines. Downloaded from: http://www.fao.org/docrep/016/ap596e/ap596e.pdf
This slides introduces the Global Hunger Index (GHI) as a multidimensional statistical tool developed by IFPRI that measures progress in the global fight against hunger.
GHI uses a 100-point scale as shown in the figure, with 0 being the best score (no hunger) and 100 being the worst
GHI captures three dimensions of hunger: insufficient availability of food, shortfalls in the nutritional status of children, and child mortality (which is to a large extent attributable to undernutrition).
GHI is recorded to be 12.5% for 2014 compared to the 20.6% for 1990. This represents a 39% decrease of value for the given period.
According to the GHI 2014 Report, hunger is highest in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Sub-Saharan Africa has a GHI of 18.2, while is at 18.1 for South Asia. This means that the hunger situation in these two regions is still serious following the index’s categorization.
For the Philippines, GHI has been improving for the past years. Starting from 20.1 in 1990, it has consistently decreased and reached 13.1 last 2014.
State of undernourishment in the world has improved, with the decline in the incidence of undernourished people for the past decades at an average of 14.6%.
It must be noted however that majority of population who are considered hungry live in developing countries, where about 805 million people (or around 11% of world population) are estimated to be undernourished.
Prevalence of undernourishment in the Philippines decreased from 24.5% (1990-1992) to about 16.2% (2011-2013).
Prevalence of underweight in children under 5 y/o has generally been decreasing for the past years. The table shows a decreasing trend for some selected countries.
Even in the Philippines, there is a decreasing trend. However, the 20.2% national average for the period 2009-2013 still means that there are around two in every ten Filipino children aged zero to five years old are underweight-for-age.
As per WHO, the number of maternal deaths decreased by 45% between 1990 and 2013.
The density map shows where the most MMR is concentrated. The whole of Sub-Saharan Africa showed high levels of MMR, with more than 300 deaths per 100,000 live births.
For the Philippines, 2011 MMR was recorded at 221 per 100,000 livebirths based on the Family Health Survey.
The succeeding slides shows selected indicators for the Philippines related to Right to Food.
The graph shows an improvement on the subsistence incidence among families and population from 2006-2013.
The decrease in subsistence incidence among population from 14.2 percent in 2006 to 10.7 percent in 2013 implies that 1 out of every 10 Filipinos do not have income adequate enough to meet basic food needs.
As shown in the graph, the prevalence of underweight children under-five years old have decreased by 0.4 percentage points from 2008 to 2011, but there are still regions with very high prevalence of underweight-for-age.
As per the Philippines Fifth Progress Report on the MDGs, there is still a medium probability that the country’s MDG target of 13.6% prevalence of underweight children under-five years old will be achieved. (The medium probability means that in the pace of progress , there is around 50%-90% chance that it will be achieved)
Source: Philippines Fifth Progress Report on the Millennium Development Goals (2014). Downloaded from: http://www.neda.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/MDG-Progress-Report-5-Final.pdf
As a follow-thru to the previous slide, these density maps shows the regions with very high prevalence of underweight-for-age. These include the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) with 26.2 percent; Eastern Visayas, 25.7 percent; Bicol, 25.3 percent; Zamboanga Peninsula, 25.2 percent and SOCCSKSARGEN, 25.1 percent
Source: Philippines Fifth Progress Report on the Millennium Development Goals (2014). Downloaded from: http://www.neda.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/MDG-Progress-Report-5-Final.pdf
This section discusses the legal basis or framework related to the Right to Food.
These treaties were ratified in the Philippines and are part of Philippine law through the process of transformation, a constitutional mechanism governed by Section, Article VII of the 1987 Constitution.
a. The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which recognizes the fundamental right of everyone to be free from hunger and the right to an adequate standard of living, including adequate food;
b. The Convention on the Rights of the Child, which recognizes the right of the child to enjoy the highest attainable standard of health, including access to adequate nutritious food and clean drinking-water.
c. The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women ensures appropriate services in connection with pregnancy, confinement and the post-natal period, as well as adequate nutrition during pregnancy and lactation; and
d. The Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions and Relating to the Protection of Victims of International and Non-International Armed Conflicts which recognizes the right of persons whose liberty is restricted to food and drinking water, and expressly prohibits “starvation of civilians as a method of combat.
Further to this, the passage of the International Code of Marketing Breastmilk Substitutes; by virtue of Executive Order 51, which affirms “the right of every child and every pregnant and lactating woman to be adequately nourished,” is now part of Philippine law.
Other human rights instruments relevant to the right to food also form part of Philippine law through the process of incorporation:
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which guarantees the right to a standard of living adequate for health and well-being, including food; the Declaration has been enforced by the Court in a number of decisions and is “now recognized as customarily binding” on the Philippines;
The Declaration on the Rights of the Child, which enunciates the right of a child to adequate nutrition;
The Universal Declaration on the Eradication of Hunger and Malnutrition, which recognizes “the inalienable right to be free from hunger and malnutrition;”
The Declaration on Protection of Women and Children in Emergency and Armed Conflicts, which affirms the right to food of women and children in situations of emergency and armed conflict;
Among other human rights instruments.. (Other laws can be discussed further below)
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The Code of Ethics for International Trade, which introduces general principles “to protect the health of the consumer and ensure fair practices in the trade in food,” and recognizes the right of consumers to safe, sound and wholesome food and to protection from unfair trade practices;
The Declaration on the Right to Development, which urges states to take all necessary measures to realize the right to development and ensure equality of opportunity for all in their access to basic resources, including food;
The Rome Declaration on World Food Security, which reaffirms the right to adequate food and to be free from hunger, and prohibits the use of food “as an instrument for political and economic pressure;”
The Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security (hereafter referred to as the Right to Food Guidelines), which provide practical examples of how states may comply with their obligations related to the right to food; and
High-Level Conference on World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy, whose declaration recognizes the Right to Food Guidelines as the framework for the implementation of the different operational recommendations of the Outcome of the Summit.
In the Philippines, there already exist 47 laws and related jurisprudence focussing on normative entitlements to food. It can be summarized in the figure presented.
In addition to these laws, the latest effort that is still in the pipeline is the House Bill 3795 “Right to Adequate Food Bill” which will be highlighted in the succeeding slides.
The said bill aims to respond to this problem by harmonizing the provisions of all laws related to the right to adequate food , clarify the content and scope of the right, and establish standards for compliance.
It highlights the obligation of the government to respect, protect, and fulfil the right to adequate food.
Among the bill’s targets are to reduce the incidence of hunger from current levels by 25% every 2.5 years, and to increase of land devoted to food production to 50% within 10 years
The proposed bill also sets the path for the creation of the Commission on the Right to Adequate Food.
It also creates the Inter-Agency Council on the Right to Adequate Food to be headed by the Chairperson of the Commission on the Right to Adequate Food.
This section discusses the results of the study developed by APPC for Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Among the authors of this study is ADG Rose Edillon and Dir. Carlos Abad-Santos of NEDA.
The general objective of the assessment is to provide analytical support to the Philippine Government in its efforts to mitigate the incidence of hunger in the country and to address the underlying causes of food insecurity in the Philippines.
Source:
[1] Abad-Santos, C., Edillon, R., Piza, S.F., delos Reyes, V., & Diokno, M. S. (2010). Right to Food Assessment Philippines. Downloaded from: http://www.fao.org/docrep/016/ap596e/ap596e.pdf
Results of the study indicates that the Philippine legal framework does not sufficiently incorporate human rights obligations arising from the right to food; neither does it heed the Right to Food Guidelines.
While the Philippine legal framework reflects some steps government has taken to comply with obligations of progressive realization, these steps are clearly insufficient to alleviate the hunger situation in the country.
The legal framework is neither coherent nor complementary: while some laws contribute to hunger alleviation, these are not pursued in tandem with the rest of the laws.
In summary, the weaknesses of the Philippine legal framework governing the right to food can be traced to the lack of explicit recognition of the right to food by the country’s fundamental law, and to the lack of a national food policy that should serve as the overarching framework to address hunger.
The study therefore recommends the adoption of a national food policy.
This policy should include concrete measures that address food production, processing, distribution, consumption, food prices, income and employment, and other normative entitlements inherent in the right to food requires the adoption of a rights-based approach, rather than a minimum basic needs approach, towards hunger eradication.
The study also recommends the rationalization of the food legal framework.
This could be done by synchronizing laws with the right to food, addressing contradictions in policy objectives within and among the various laws, correcting flaws and ambiguities, repealing those laws that obstruct the realization of the right to food, among others.
After this presentation, partner government agencies will be discussing their programs and projects related to the right to food.
To begin this, we want to highlight a few points based from strategies identified under the Philippine Development Plan that is related to the Right to Food.