Food shortages are not the cause of hunger in South Africa. The country produces and imports all the food it needs.
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Community-centred approaches to urban agriculture have been successful in various parts of the world.
School meals should strive to provide nutritious diets by serving diverse, safe, palatable, and locally available foods.
In addition to improving health and education outcomes, school feeding programmes bring social protection and help develop local agricultural economies by boosting local farming activities.
It is becoming increasingly clear that South Africa’s policymakers can no longer ignore the country’s obligations in terms of international, regional and national human rights law.
Early in the pandemic, countries had to address several questions as the virus spread and lockdowns became inevitable.
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Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Lecturer, University of Leeds; University of the Western Cape
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Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Distinguished Professor and H F Oppenheimer Chair in Human Rights Law, Stellenbosch University
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Associate Professor of Global Health, Harvard University
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Associate Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Postdoctoral Researcher, University of the Western Cape
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Senior researcher and Adjunct Professor, University of Cape Town
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Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies