Adoptées à la cent vingt-septième session du Conseil de la FAO, Novembre 2004. Ces directives volontaires ont pour objet d’apporter aux États des indications pratiques leur permettant d’assurer la concrétisation progressive du droit à une alimentation adéquate dans le contexte de la sécurité alimentaire nationale, en vue d’atteindre les objectifs établis dans le Plan d’action du Sommet mondial de l’alimentation. Les parties prenantes pourraient également bénéficier de ces indications pratiques.

Right to Food Handbooks 7. This handbook provides practical information and tools for conducting a right to food assessment as a first step in a strategy to ensure this right and to take the appropriate measures accordingly with the obligation of progressive realization of this right. The content of this handbook is based on the FAO's “Guide to Conducting a Right to Food Assessment”. An assessment of the right to food should include an analysis of the causes of food and nutritional insecurity and should answer the following questions: who suffers food insecurity and vulnerability?

Land Tenure Working Paper 15. This publication brings to light the existing linkages between land tenure and the realization of the right to food. It points out that responsible governance of land requires the adoption of human rights-based approach in order to develop coherent and long term solutions to improve people’s livelihoods. The document presents the legal implications of the right to food at national level and provides a series of examples on the implementation of human rights principles and obligations into land tenure systems, policies, and institutional frameworks.

The Review of the legislative framework and jurisprudence concerning the right to adequate food in Nepal discusses overarching aspects of Nepalese law and jurisprudence dealing with the human right to food. Following a brief discussion of the international legal protection of the right to food in Nepal, the review, in particular provides a critical assessment of constitutional as well as legislative provisions and offers a thorough analysis of Supreme Court jurisprudence pertaining to the right to food.

Manuel pratique sur le droit à l’alimentation 7. Ce manuel fournit des informations pratiques et des outils utiles à la réalisation de l’évaluation du droit à l'alimentation, première étape d’une stratégie qui facilitera la prise de mesures pertinentes pour répondre à l'obligation de la réalisation progressive de ce droit.

Moyennant une analyse conceptuelle basée sur les traités et les instruments internationaux et deux études de pays, cette étude aborde la relation qui existe entre les droits humains, notamment le droit à une nourriture adéquate, et l’accès aux ressources naturelles, en accordant une attention particulière à la terre.

O objetivo das Diretrizes Voluntárias é proporcionar uma orientação prática aos Estados nos seus esforços para conseguir a realização progressiva do direito à alimentação adequada no contexto da segurança alimentar nacional, com vista a alcançar os objetivos do Plano de Ação da Cimeira Mundial da Alimentação. Elas constituem um instrumento adicional no combate à fome e à pobreza e no sentido de acelerar a realização dos Objetivos de Desenvolvimento do Milénio.

The Right to Food and the Responsible Governance of Tenure: A dialogue towards implementation aims to provide guidance for the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT) which were endorsed in May 2012 by the Committee on World Food Security. More specifically, the study begins with a general introduction of the global context within which the developing process of the VGGT took place.

El objetivo de las Directrices voluntarias es proporcionar orientación práctica a los Estados respecto de sus esfuerzos por lograr la realización progresiva del derecho a una alimentación adecuada en el contexto de la seguridad alimentaria nacional, con objeto de alcanzar los objetivos del Plan de Acción de la Cumbre Mundial sobre la Alimentación. Las Directrices constituyen un instrumento adicional para luchar contra el hambre y la pobreza y acelerar la consecución de los objetivos de desarrollo del Milenio.

Angola e a FAO têm colaborado intensamente desde que o país passou a fazer parte da organização em 1977, com uma ampla assistência oferecida através de mais de 230 projetos de desenvolvimento. Devido aos 27 anos de guerra civil no país, as primeiras intervenções concentraram-se em assistência de emergência, incluindo o reassentamento de famílias vulneráveis nas áreas rurais e a provisão de insumos agrícolas para a rápida retomada da produção de alimentos.

The practice of food security assessment in Tanzania is based on use of food crops production data surveys of a preceding seasonal year with agro-meteorological analyses based on estimated vegetation status as reflected from NDVI computed from NOAA satellite images.  Food security assessment essentially is a prediction of food availability in predefined future time framework. It helps to establish availability or deficiency of food, thereby facilitating planning and implementation of strategies to mitigate the problem of hunger.

Securing women land rights through land titling programs is viewed as a potential means for enhancing their tenure security. The expectation is that women may gain greater influence on how to use the land, if they are registered as joint owners. Women are more likely to make decisions that improve food and nutrition needs at farm level than men. Increased level of women decision making through secured tenure rights is expected to have a positive impact on food security.