In his final report to the UN Human Rights Council after a six-year term as Special Rapporteur, Olivier De Schutter called for the world’s food systems to be radically and democratically redesigned.  http://4less.it/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/de-schutter-20140310_final-report_en.pdf

The report included a summary of recommendations issued over the course of his mandate as Special Rapporteur (2008-2014), covering food price volatility, trade and investment in agriculture, regulating agribusiness, agrofuels, food aid and development cooperation, nutrition, social protection, women’s rights, Human Rights Impact Assessments, national strategies, agricultural workers, contract farming, small-holder farmers, agroecology, and the reinvestment in agriculture.

See also the related The Guardian article: http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/mar/10/food-system-poor-countries-reform-olivier-de-schutter

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