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mapping of food insecurity and vulnerability. For developed countries in particular, the targets
could include levels of contribution to international assistance and cooperation with developing
countries, in accordance with the priorities set by the guidelines adopted by the Committee.
VIII. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
46. We can transform this crisis into an opportunity. But this requires that we ensure
that the reinvestment in agriculture effectively contributes to combating hunger and
malnutrition; we guarantee the right to social security; we enable countries to cope with
volatility of prices on international markets while combating its sources at the same time;
and we improve the global governance of food security.
47. With regard to agricultural investment the Special Rapporteur calls on the Human
Rights Council:
(a) To encourage the international community (States, international agencies,
donor countries) to ensure that the reinvestment in agriculture and rural development
effectively contributes to the progressive realization of the right to food, by:
(i)
Accelerating the work for better implementation of relevant ILO
conventions in rural areas, in order to guarantee that those working on
farms can be guaranteed a living wage, adequate health and safe
conditions of employment;
(ii)
Undertaking rigorous comparative assessments of the impact of different
agricultural modes of production on the right to food;
(iii)
Channelling adequate support to sustainable farming approaches that
benefit the most vulnerable groups and that are resilient to climate change
and the depletion of hydrocarbons;
(iv)
Prioritizing the provision of public goods, such as storage facilities,
extension services, means of communications, access to credit and
insurance, agricultural research and the organization of farmers in
cooperatives;
(v)
Encouraging States to locate their efforts in reinvesting in agriculture
under national strategies for the realization of the right to adequate food
that include mapping of the food insecure, adoption of relevant legislation
and policies, and the establishment of mechanisms to ensure
accountability, and which are adopted through participatory mechanisms;
(b) To promote the adoption of a multilateral framework that ensures that
large-scale land acquisitions or leases are balanced, conducive to sustainable development
and comply with human rights, including the right to food, the right to adequate housing
and the right to development;
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