Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum)

Hello,

I am writing to submit for the FAO's 20th Anniversary Right to Food Guidelines on behalf of Vi Agroforestry.

I apologize for any inconvenience caused by the recall of the previous submission. As mentioned earlier, there was a failure to attach two key documents that were required with the submission. 

Please find attached the completed application form, along with the required supporting documents.

Thank you for your time and attention to this matter.

Sincerely,

David Maeri

Regional Communications Officer

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Vi-skogen/Vi Agroforestry

Visiting address Ikigai Nairobi Westlands, Off Peponi Road

Nairobi KENYA

www.viagroforestry.org

Hi,

 I totally agree with the Right to Food agenda for food security. People should have a choice in what they eat and from where, how it was produced, and how nutritious it is.

Kindly find attached my contribution to this 20th anniversary for the launch of the right to food guidlines, hoping the world achieves its drive toward eradicating hunger, driving mainly by poverty.

Regards,

Yusuf Hassan-Maiwa.

Hello dear FSN

Hope this email finds you well.

In response to the call for inputs on the realization of the Human Right to Adequate Food made on your website, please find enclosed our submission.

I remain at your disposal should you have any questions regarding our contribution.

Best Regards,

Abdel-Aziz

I present hereunder a case study (our experience) “Iron‑Enriched Fish Powder Improved Haemoglobin Levels in Adolescent Girls of West Jaintia Hills District of Meghalaya, India” carried out by Asha Kurukkan Kunnath, Suseela Mathew, Mukteswar Prasad Mothadaka and Ravishankar Chandragiri Nagaraja Rao, published in Biol Trace Elem Res 200, 2017–2024 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12011-021-02820-0.

The efficacy of sodium iron EDTA (NaFeEDTA) salt-enriched fish powder in addressing iron deficiency in adolescent anaemic girls was assessed in a 60-day randomised double-blinded, controlled intervention trial involving 123 girls age ranging from 10 to 19 years in three villages of West Jaintia Hills District of State of Meghalaya in India using soup made out of sodium iron EDTA (NaFeEDTA)-enriched fish powder (250 mg/100 g). The influence of the iron-enriched powder on blood haemoglobin levels and serum iron was determined. The work also analysed the food consumed by the subjects during the study period and it was found that there were no significant differences between the iron-enriched and control groups. The results indicated that the girls predominantly consumed cereals with little fruits, vegetables and meat. On an average, 100 ml of soup prepared out of 10 g of fish powder per day was consumed that theoretically provided about 25 mg of iron each day. Following intervention, all the participants in the group that consumed soup made out of NaFeEDTA-enriched fish powder had significantly higher haemoglobin levels and serum iron and a lower prevalence of anaemia than the control group. The effects of NaFeEDTA salt-enriched fish powder were statistically significant and it can be inferred that NaFeEDTA-enriched fish powder was highly effective in controlling iron deficiency and reducing the prevalence of iron-deficiency anaemia among the adolescent girls

 From right to food perspective the major impediment is lack and access to nutritive food especially in hinterland areas. For instance, the low cost fish available in coastal areas, but the transportation from these areas (West Coast of India) to North Eastern states makes the cost prohibitive due to 1. Long distance transportation 2. Perishable nature of fish 3. Availability (supply) of fish on continuous basis for the reasons of dwindling catches in natural marine sources, impact of climate changes on fish resources, increase in expenditures harvesting efforts in turn increase in cost of fish. COVID-19 played a significant role as in post COVID period cost of all food items increased significantly

One of the best ways to improve the right to food condition is 1. Employment of rural and low cost technological interventions in storing glut production of various foods and development value added products to suit local needs. This can result in minimizing the staggering losses, enhanced utilization  and availability food in off seasons.

 Concerted efforts are in need to make sure the food is acceptable to the needy   

To whom it may concern,

Please find attached UNICEF´s submission related to the Mexican experience on the realization of the human right to adequate food.

 Best regards,

A. Fiorella Espinosa De Candido

Oficial de Nutrición

UNICEF México

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.

Dear all,



Below is our proposal for the Call for contributions on the realization of the Human Right to Adequate Food.



Attached is also a brief presentation containing the project in question, Cozinhas & Infâncias, which is a partnership between the Food and Culture Institute and the Faculty of Public Health of the University of São Paulo.



We remain at your disposal for clarification or further information.



Yours sincerely,

Comida y Cultura

see attach my contribution

Good day

Attached are my inputs on the realisation on the human right to adequate food.

Regards 

Dr Tracy Muwanga

Dear Sir, Madam,

In response to the call for inputs on the realization of the Human Right to Adequate Food made on your website, please find enclosed our submission, on behalf of Concern Worldwide UK.

I remain at your disposal should you have any questions regarding our contribution.

Kind Regards,

Mathilde