Open Letter: Policies and actions to eradicate hunger and malnutrition /​Summary

(http://www NULL.erad­i­cate­hunger NULL.org/​en/​open-​letter)

Open Let­ter: Poli­cies and actions to erad­i­cate hunger and mal­nu­tri­tion /​Sum­mary (http://www NULL.erad­i­cate­hunger NULL.org/​en/​open-​letter).

We, small-​scale farm­ers and fisher peo­ples, pas­toral­ists, women, youth, indige­nous peo­ples, other social move­ments and civil soci­ety organ­i­sa­tions, have taken the chal­lenge together to pro­pose poli­cies and actions that would lead to the erad­i­ca­tion of hunger and mal­nu­tri­tion in our world.

We strongly believe that the actions to erad­i­cate hunger and mal­nu­tri­tion must be based on a vision of a world where:

• food sov­er­eignty is recog­nised and imple­mented by com­mu­ni­ties, peo­ples, states and inter­na­tional insti­tu­tions;
• all peo­ples, soci­eties and states deter­mine their own food sys­tems and have poli­cies that ensure avail­abil­ity of suf­fi­cient, good qual­ity, afford­able, healthy, and cul­tur­ally appro­pri­ate food;
• there is recog­ni­tion and respect for women’s rights and their cru­cial con­tri­bu­tion to food pro­vi­sion, and rep­re­sen­ta­tion of women in all deci­sion mak­ing bod­ies;
• ter­res­trial and aquatic envi­ron­ments and bio­di­ver­sity are con­served and reha­bil­i­tated based on eco­log­i­cally sus­tain­able man­age­ment of land, soils, water, seas, seeds, live­stock and aquatic organ­isms;
• the diver­sity of tra­di­tional knowl­edge, food, lan­guage and cul­ture, are all val­ued and respected;
• the way peo­ple organ­ise and express them­selves is accepted and peo­ples’ power to make deci­sions about their mate­r­ial, nat­ural and spir­i­tual her­itage is defended;

Anti_​Hunger_​working document

The work­ing doc­u­ment pro­vides pro­pos­als for poli­cies and actions to erad­i­cate hunger and mal​nu​tri​tion​.It is based on the expe­ri­ences and polit­i­cal work of social move­ments, non gov­ern­men­tal organ­i­sa­tions (NGOs) and oth­ers from all over the world dur­ing past decades and cur­rently. It is based largely on the food sov­er­eignty frame­work that embraces the human right to ade­quate food.

These poli­cies and actions have been pre­pared to inform gov­ern­ments, insti­tu­tions and oth­ers, who are com­mit­ted to erad­i­cat­ing hunger and mal­nu­tri­tion. They may also be help­ful in dis­cus­sions on these key issues within and between gov­ern­ments, insti­tu­tions, social move­ments and NGOs. And they could be used by social move­ments, organ­i­sa­tions and indi­vid­u­als in all regions as an input to their own pro­pos­als at local, national, regional and global levels.

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