Municipalities are not off the hook for food security
Food security is typically and administratively considered the exclusive concern of national and provincial government, but a plausible case can be made that municipalities should and can also play a role, says Professor Jaap de Visser of the UWC Dullah Omar Institute for Constitutional Law, Governance and Human Rights; and the national Centre of Excellence in Food Security.
Right to food is linked to the right to health and adequate nutrition
Coretta Jonah takes the right to food a step further by examining the right to nutrition. As she explains, the absence of hunger does not mean that there is adequate nutrition for the development of our children.
‘O jewa ke eng?’ – Hunger on our Campuses
On Human Rights Day 2019, researchers affiliated to the Centre of Excellence in Food Security at the University of the Western Cape reflect on the right to food as a fundamental human right, linked to the right to health and the right to human dignity. Here, Funmilola Adeniyi, looks at the state of food security in South Africa’s tertiary institutions.
Odds stacked against smallholder farmers to reach goals set by government
The corollary of farm consolidation is increasing job losses. Apart from job losses, the quality of agricultural jobs is deteriorating and far from decent, as a report commissioned by the Centre of Excellence in Food Security highlights.
Informal trade may hold the key to food security
Several research papers flowing from the DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Food Security poke holes in some of the conventional wisdom that seems to inform all three levels of government policy regarding food security and informal traders.
Combating hunger and food insecurity in a rapidly urbanising continent
In the face of a population boom, uncertain political and environmental contexts, increasing numbers of undernourished people, and changing diet habits, there are immense and dramatic challenges ahead for food systems in Africa over the foreseeable future, says Prof Julian May ahead of World Hunger Day on 28 May.