Accounting for hunger : the right to food in the era of globalisation /

"The challenge of global hunger is now high on the agenda of governments and international policy-makers. This new work contributes to addressing that challenge, by looking at the obstacles which stand in the way of implementing a right to food in the era of globalisation. The book describes th...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Cordes, Kaitlin, Schutter, Olivier de
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford [England] ; Portland, Or. : Hart Publishing, 2011.
Series:Studies in international law (Oxford, England) ; v. 36.
Subjects:
Right to food.
Food supply > International cooperation.
Human rights.
Human Rights
Droit à l'alimentation.
Aliments > Approvisionnement > Coopération internationale.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
International human rights law.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Agribusiness.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Sustainable Agriculture.
Food supply > International cooperation
Human rights
Right to food
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Accounting for hunger : an introduction to the issues / Olivier De Schutter and Kaitlin Cordes
  • The Impact of agribusiness transnational corporations on the right to food / Kaitlin Y. Cordes
  • The transformation of food retail and marginalisation of smallholder farmers / Margaret Cowan Schmidt
  • Biofuels and the right to food : an uneasy partnership / Ann Sofi e Cloots
  • International trade in agriculture and the right to food / Olivier De Schutter
  • How to phase out rich country agricultural subsidies without increasing hunger in the developing world / Jennifer Mersing
  • Invoking the right to food in the WTO dispute settlement process : the relevance of the right to food to the law of the WTO / Boyan Konstantinov
  • Food aid : how it should be done / Loreto Ferrer Moreu.

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