المنتدى العالمي المعني بالأمن الغذائي والتغذية

Dear Sir/Ma,

Call for inputs on the realization of the Human Right to Adequate Food

My little contribution for the submission,

My stake on this, is that, nobody should be excluded from adequate food system. It is a right for all not a privilege. We are all entitled to adequate and well-nourished food for healthy living. We survive on this, therefore, no discrimination! But individuals and nations must also strategies on how to meet this right in order to fulfill the purpose and objectives for continuous living on earth.

When you look at the creatures you will see that there was enough for man but how to go about it has always been the challenges which are ‘strategies and implementation’. The strategies to employ and deploy to meet the need and adequate food system is a global concern for all the actors and non-actors in the food system economy. Despite this, there have also been modalities and solutions to this demand and shortage of supply of food for all across the globe. I would like to say that the major issue has been the migration or drift of man from Agricultural products to science and technology which is equally affecting the climate of the earth.

History has also noted that farmers were adequately sufficient for their immediate family before the advent of science and technology which led to mechanize farming and others that have depleted the ozone as a result of innovation thereby drifting man afar from primary responsibility need of the family. This was a period of natural food system for immediate family survival and living. This kept hunger afar off from the family. But the era of technology eroded this system and brought more hunger which was denied at the initial stage until these days. In other words, we are all guilty of this erroneous system of science and technology.

But, if we can look back, this can be fixed and it would generates the needed adequate food system for family. The natural food system would be made available again for healthy living; if we are really serious and interested in this investment for mankind.

However, the depleting ozone is as a result of this science and technology which is part of farming effect. As a result of climate change, the emission of toxic carbon generated from science and technology that has little or no contribution to human existence is a major factor that needs to be address by nations, especially United Nations (UN). These are unnecessary innovations, things to human existence but posing as a threat to humanity on earth and causing harm and hunger in the world, even to the global north and south. This needs to be seriously addressed and resolution needs to be pass that would effectively implement it adequately by UN and nations involved. In other words, these science and technology should be do away or minimize to allow what will benefit mankind and the earth to evolve.

These are ways to curb the effect on food and appropriate steps should be taken to mitigate the proliferation of these toxic science and technology emission to human existence. More so, every man should be encouraged to see the need of subsistence farming for immediate family needs. This can be done through loans (financial support), lands provision for farmers and even commercial system.

Furthermore, insecurity is another challenges arising from global south that needs to be supported by security outfit or intelligence for adequate food system. For example, Nigeria, encountered this for years especially (2014-2023) and that affected her outcome of production which resulted to escalation of prices in food commodities. It was a major threat to food security in the country. Her exports on these goods dropped, thereby, affected the countries she supplies the commodities to. So, insecurity that affect farmers is a global challenge to the benefactors and beneficiaries of the products. Meanwhile, food insecurity causes shortage of food products and leads to hunger because of demand is more than supply. Nevertheless, this can be addressed by a serious government with adequate policies that will incorporates the welfare and protection of farmers’ lives and properties.

Ultimately, majority of farmers’ needs and challenges can be addressed by the government of the nation as the state-actor, like climate change, loans to assist farmers, land provision and adequate security. All these are national issues to be solved and resolved by state-actors for non-state-actors to maximize their contributions and wellbeing. The private sectors can also play a role but the first point of contact are the state-actors.

To buttress my points, the resolutions by UN should cut short or minimize unnecessary science and technology that affect climate with serious action and if possible due sanction should be meted on defaulters to serve as deterrence. The policies in place should be review and vigorously pursue for implementation to mitigate these effect. United Nations should be responsible for this implementation, whether global north or south with adequate programmes. Once these are done, with individuals roles, there would be less hunger in the world.

Thank you.

Esosa.