A/HRC/25/57
4.
Agrofuels
The international community should reach a consensus on agrofuels, based not only on the
need to avoid the negative impact of the development of agrofuels on the international price
of staple food commodities, but also on the need to ensure that the production of agrofuels
respects the full range of human rights and does not result in distorted development in
producer countries. Public incentives for the production of crop-based biofuels must be
reduced and eventually removed, while only those advanced biofuels that do not compete
with food production for land or other resources should be incentivised.
5.
Food aid and development cooperation
International aid remains an important component of the right to food (A/HRC/10/5).
Donor States should:
(a)
Maintain and increase levels of aid calculated as Official Development
Assistance as a percentage of GDP;
(b)
Provide food aid on the basis of an objective assessment of the identified
needs in developing countries;
(c)
Fully respect the principle of ownership in their development cooperation
policies by aligning these policies with national strategies for the realization of the right to
food;
(d)
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Promote the right to food as a priority for development cooperation.
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