A/HRC/43/44/Add.1 Annex Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food on her visit to Azerbaijan Contents Page I. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 3 II. General situation .............................................................................................................................. 3 III. Legal and policy framework............................................................................................................. 5 A. At the international level ……………………………………………………………………. 5 B. At the national level …………………………………………………………………………. 6 C. Policies and programmes ……………………………………………………………………. 6 Overview of the agriculture sector ................................................................................................... 7 A. Context ………………………………………………………………………………………. 7 B. Governmental policies in the agriculture sector ……………………………………………… 8 C. Challenges for small and medium-sized farmers …………………………………………….. 9 D. Land rights …………………………………………………………………………………… 10 E. Extension services and training programmes ………………………………………………… 10 IV. V. Nutrition ......................................................................................................................................... 11 VI. Social protection............................................................................................................................... 13 VII. Environmental issues and climate change ........................................................................................ 14 A. Context ………………………………………………………………………………………. 14 B. Water resources ………………………………………………………………………………. 15 Access to adequate food for vulnerable groups ................................................................................ 16 A. Women ………………………………………………………………………………………. 16 B. Children ……………………………………………………………………………………… 17 C. Internally displaced persons …………………………………………………………………. 17 D. Refugees ……………………………………………………………………………………… 18 E. Prisoners ……………………………………………………………………………………… 18 Other issues that affect implementation of the right to food ............................................................ 19 A. Disaggregated data …………………………………………………………………………… 19 B. New Law on Non-governmental Organizations ……………………………………………… 19 VIII. IX. X. 2 Conclusions and recommendations .................................................................................................. 20