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Lessons learned about lessons learned about hunger and the right to food II ICID Fortaleza, August 19, 2010. Marcos Ezequiel Filardi mfilardi@yahoo.com Interdisciplinary Seminar on Hunger and the Right to Food University of Buenos Aires - School of Law.
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Lessonslearnedaboutlessonslearnedabouthunger and therighttofoodII ICIDFortaleza, August 19, 2010 Marcos Ezequiel Filardi mfilardi@yahoo.com InterdisciplinarySeminaronHungerand theRighttoFood Universityof Buenos Aires - Schoolof Law
A food-insecure (orhungry) world • 1.02 billionhungry • 90% in Asia and thePacific (642 million) and Africa (265 million) • 2 billionmalnourished • 1 childdieseverysevenseconds – 60 duringthispresentation • 50% in thedrylands • 75% are subsistencefarmers and pastoralists in rural areas
Lesson 1: Thereisenoughfoodforall • In 1985 world´sfoodsufficiency – and onemillionstarvedtodeath • 25 yearslater, enoughfoodtoprovide 2700 caloriesto12 billionpeople –double of thecurrentworldpopulation(FAO) • 1 billionhungry and onebillionwithobesity
Lesson 2: Nature´snottoblame: Hungeris a man-madedisaster • Natural phenomena • Conflicts • Humandisplacement • Unfairtrade • Inefficient and disruptingaid • Lack of orinadequatepolicies • Unequalaccesstoland, credit and inputs • Concentration of thefoodchain • Unemployment • Lack of social safety nets • Traderelatedintellectualpropertyrights • Globalization • Problems of infrastructure • Largescaleacquisitions and leases and forcedevictions • Fooddevotedtoenergy-sources of protein • Promotionof biofuels • Marketspeculation • Discrimination
Lesson3: Green revolutionisnotthatgreen • Contributestoclimatechange • No sustainable use and pollution of freshwaterresources • Soildegradation and depletion • Biodiversityloss • Landconcentration • Diet-relatedproblems and malnutrition
Lesson4: Climatechangeismakingmattersworseforthosealreadyhungry • Increase in 1-3 degreeswillnotaffectworldfoodproduction, but adverse impacts at the regional level • Adverse impactsonfisheries and livestock • Thosewhocontributedtheleasttoclimatechange, and are alreadythemostfood-insecure, willbetheworstaffected • 600 million new hungry (UN HighCommissionerforHumanRights). New famines. • More than 3 degrees= total disruption of foodproduction
Lesson 5: Thereis a humanrighttoadequatefood • Legal recognition of an ethical claim • Naming and shaming • Accountability • Naming and shaming • Mobilizing force and rallying point • Local enforceability and justiciability • International monitoring and supervision
Thereis a drought of courage.Thereis a shortage of politicalwill. Whatisyoursciencefor, ifitdoesn´tservetotransformthereality? Whatisyourknowledgefor, ifitdoesn´tservetoimprovepeople´slives? Whenyouabandonthisworld, Try notonlytohavebeengood, becausethisisnotenough, Buttoabandon a goodworld. Bertolt Brecht, Santa Juana de los Mataderos Thankyou.