article · Agriculture & Food Security
Food security across African nations faces significant challenges from poverty, climate change, and urbanisation, all of which constrain the availability, accessibility, and utilisation of food resources. Addressing these issues requires embedding equity and justice through a right-to-food framework. Achieving lasting food and nutrition security alongside human well-being and environmental health relies on secure land tenure rights, gender equality, women empowerment, safe and nutritious food, and sustainable agricultural practices. Broad transformations in food systems are essential to this process. Delivering these systemic changes requires rigorous governance, accountability, and international cooperation focused on meeting sustainable development targets and guaranteeing food security for every individual across the continent.
Ensuring everyone has enough nutritious food is fundamental to health, economic stability, and human dignity. By framing food security around justice, human rights, and environmental sustainability, decision-makers can better tackle root causes such as climate impacts, unequal land rights, and gender disparities, paving the way for fair and resilient food systems across the continent.
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Abstract This paper examines the state of food security in African nations within the context of promoting equity and justice through the right to food. It discusses the various challenges faced by the African nations, including poverty, climate change, and urbanization, which impact the availability, accessibility, and utilization of food resources. It further emphasises the importance of secure land tenure rights, gender equality and women empowerment, good nutrition and safe food, sustainable agricultural practices as well as sustainable food system transformation to ensure food and nutrition security, environmental quality and human well-being. This paper further advocates for stringent efforts involving governance, accountability, and international cooperation to achieve sustainable development goals and ensure food security for all in Africa, thereby fostering equity and justice in the food system.
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DOI: 10.1186/s40066-024-00505-0
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