The Amadiba community in South Africa holds fast to traditional farming. They have also withstood pressure to mine their land.
- researcher, University of Cape Town
The inequitable distribution of the benefits and harms of the food system is a violation of the constitutional right to food.
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To break the cycle of poverty and malnutrition, the government needs to ensure that children have access to sufficient healthy food.
Hunger affects people’s health. It also affects their dignity and their ability to live full and productive lives.
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When the policies and programmes developed in Belo Horizonte were rolled out nationally, Brazil experienced a notable decline in hunger.
The interplay of poverty, inequality, urbanisation and the industrial food system leaves low-income families with limited access to fresh, healthy foods.
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