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[23 December 2010] BEIJING – "China has made remarkable economic and social progress over the past three decades, lifting several hundred millions out of poverty, and food security benefited significantly from this overall progress. However, the shrinking of arable land and the massive land degradation threatens the ability of the country to maintain current levels of agricultural production, while the widening gap between rural and urban is an important challenge to the right to food of the Chinese population”, says Olivier De Schutter, who ends his mission to the People’s Republic of China today.
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[15 December 2011] GENEVA – The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter, will conduct an official mission to the People’s Republic of China from 15 to 23 December 2010. This is the first visit to the country by an independent expert designated by the UN Human Rights Council to monitor and report on the right to food.
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[29 November] NEW YORK & GENEVA - Without a substantial change in policies, greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture could rise by 40 percent by 2030, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food warned, urging negotiators at the Cancun Climate Summit to “consider climate and agricultural policies together to effectively address climate change and its disastrous impact on the right to food.”
In his view, “Cancun should lead the way towards a ‘Green Marshall Plan’ for agriculture.”
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[6 December] NEW YORK - Concentration in the agrifood sector has been increasing over the past few years, with sometimes tragic consequences for small-scale farmers and agricultural workers.
In this new briefing note, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food explores how the creation and abuse of dominant buyer power by global agribusiness firms can be addressed in competition law, and how developed and developing States can work together in this way.
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[24 November] This report reviews the conclusions of a recent international expert seminar on human rights impact assessments for trade and investment agreements convened under the auspices of the UN Special Rapporteur for the Right to Food.
The seminar, hosted by the South Centre in Geneva in June 2010, was jointly organized by the Berne Declaration, the Canadian Council for International Co-operation, Misereor and others.
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