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THE CHALLENGE

participating in decisions that inhibit them from realizing their rights to food security, healthy diets and improved nutrition outcomes;

adapting to and mitigating against climate change and other food system-related challenges; and

fully contributing to and benefiting from their food systems.

Ethiopia

Honduras

Cambodia

Uganda

Identify, characterize, and address constraints that impede marginalized and vulnerable food system actors from:

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PROJECT GOALS

To support the right-holders and duty bearers in Cambodia, Ethiopia, Honduras, Uganda to better protect the rights of rural and peri-urban food producers living in those countries; and

To help improve their food security and well-being, through a more effective implementation of the UNDROP and the VGFSN, VGGT + VGRTF at sub-national, national, and international levels. �

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PROJECT APPROACH

Use advocacy, build capacity, and develop accountability tools that better integrate human rights frameworks within food system policy and action to address ongoing constraints by strengthening the capacity of right-holders

Main Goals

Approach

UNDROP

VGs:

Land Tenure

VGs:

Food Systems and Nutrition

VGs:

Right to Food

The HLPE framework helps to refocus UNDROP content toward relevant food systems issues while maintaining a connection to human right laws.

The HLPE framework will be framed using two complementary components: (1) the CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Food System for Nutrition (VGFSyN) and (2) an “extended” version of the International Bill of Human Rights

Because the VGFSyN explicitly adopts a food system framework and insists on the importance of using a systemic, intersectoral approach and on context-specific policies, it’s useful as a "prism" for the UNDROP that focuses policy attention on food systems for improved food security, diets and nutrition outcomes. The structure of the VGFSyN into actionable Focus Areas also helps right-holders and stakeholders identify actionable interventions.

We will also use an extended form of the “International Bill of Human Rights” (IBHR) that includes the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR).

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THE CONSORTIUM

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PROJECT PHASES

*Uganda, Ethiopia, Honduras, and Cambodia

Phase 1

2021-2025

Establish "enabling environment"

Four pilot countries*

Phase 2

2025-2029

Review & assess

Policy advocacy

Expand to 3-4 more countries

Phase 3

2029-2031

Policy advocacy

Scale up to more countries

Phase 3

2029-2031

Policy advocacy

Scale up to more countries

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Phase 1: Establishing "Enabling Environment"

Training sessions

Mini-courses

Interactive discussions with stakeholders

Training and building capacity

Policy dialogues

Awareness-raising activities

Technical backstopping

Mobilizing and raising awareness

International accountability workshops

Technical and feedback-reflective workshops

Creating accountability

Coherence analysis at international and pilot country levels

Engaging policy coherence

Learning; expanding into phases 2 and 3

2021-2025

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ACTIVITY 1: �INFORMATION, KNOWLEDGE AND CAPACITY

What	Increase awareness, access to information and build capacity among national right-holders and beneficiaries to ensure that governments effectively integrate and implement human rights requirements into food systems
How	Series of training sessions Mini-courses Interactive discussions with stakeholders
Who	Small-scale farmers, women and youth working across food systems Policymakers, development partners

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ACTIVITY 2: �RIGHTS FRAMEWORKS

What	Assist key stakeholders (rights-holders, duty bearers and intervenors) in each pilot country to co-design and build national legal and policy frameworks that supports the effective implementation of national and international instruments based on the right to food and other human rights in the context of food systems.
How	Policy dialogues (consultation workshop with rights' holders and duty bearers) Awareness raising activities Technical backstopping
Who	Small-scale farmers, women and youth working across food systems Civil society, NGOs

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ACTIVITY 3: �MONITORING AND ACCOUNTABILITY STRENGTHENING

What	Co-design and integrate human rights monitoring and accountability mechanisms specifically adapted to food systems’ conditions in existing M&E systems at both national and international levels.
How	Accountability workshops (international) Technical workshop (accountability) at pilot country level Feedback reflexive workshop
Who	Small-scale farmers, women and youth working across food systems Policymakers and other stakeholders in pilot countries UN agencies

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ACTIVITY 4: �POLICY COHERENCE

What	Increase the policy coherence between global norm setting processes for food systems and the right to food and UNDROP at national and sub-national levels.
How	Policy coherence analysis at international level Policy coherence analysis at pilot country level
Who	Multiple agencies at both national and international levels

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ACTIVITY 5: �THEORY-BASED EVALUATION AND LEARNING

Conclusions drawn from E & L will inform and guide the project’s second phase

What	Develop and implement a theory-based evaluation (TBE) of the project with the objective to document the system-level changes observed around rights-based laws and legislation in the food system, as well as changes in international rights-based norms and guidelines (including around gender).
How	E & L baseline and end line�
Who	Project consortium team, country policymakers International fora (to share findings)

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OUTCOMES

Access to information and the capacity of the right-holders and duty bearers in the four countries and internationally will be improved, so these different stakeholders are in a better position to understand, value and use the UNDROP and VGFSN, VGGT, VGRTF and its food system relevant articles at the benefit of rural and peri-urban food producers and effected populations of those countries.
National legal and policy frameworks supporting the implementation of the UNDROP and its food system relevant articles along with their country-specific road maps successfully drafted through a consultative approach including all relevant stakeholder groups and built on mobilization, participation, and advocacy work.
Monitoring and accountability mechanisms for incorporating human rights in food systems co-developed and integrated into existing national systems and used by organizations and governments to improve programming and implementation of policies, guidelines, and legislations at both national and international levels.
Policy coherence improved at national level between individual sectors/ministries and at international level within the global norm setting processes related to food systems and right to food (e.g., the Committee on Food Security).

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THEORY OF CHANGE

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HUMAN RIGHTS FRAMEWORKS

2018 United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas

2017 Voluntary Guidelines on Land Tenure

2021 Voluntary Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition

2004 Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Food

UNDROP

VGGT

VGFSN

VGRTF

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UNDROP

Encourages the support of peasants and other people working in rural areas to enjoy physical and economic access to sufficient and adequate food that is produced and consumed sustainably and equitably, respecting their cultures, preserving access to food for future generations, and that ensures a physically and mentally fulfilling and dignified life for them
Aims to improve the functioning of markets at the global level and facilitating timely access to market information, including on food reserves, in order to help to limit extreme food price volatility and the attractiveness of speculation

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The UNDROP encourages:

ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD

EDUCATION AND LITERACY

TRADITIONAL AND CULTURAL MEANS OF AGRICULTURE

ACCESS TO SEEDS AND LAND

SAFE AND HEALTHY WORKING CONDITIONS

For any person engaged in artisanal or small-scale agriculture, crop planting, livestock raising, pastoralism, fishing, forestry, hunting or gathering, and handicrafts related to agriculture and their dependents

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The VGGTs…

improve tenure governance by providing guidance and information on internationally accepted practices for systems that deal with the rights to use, manage and control land, fisheries and forests.
contribute to the improvement and development of the policy, legal and organizational frameworks regulating the range of tenure rights that exist over these resources.
enhance the transparency and improve the functioning of tenure systems.

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PRINCIPLES OF IMPLEMENTATION

Human Dignity

Non-discrimination

Equity & Justice

Gender Equality

Holistic & Sustainable Approach

Consultation & Solicitation

Rule of Law

Transparency

Accountability

Continuous Improvement

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The VGFSNs…

Present a set of science and evidence-based guidelines to achieving healthy diets through sustainable food systems while also addressing economic, social and environmental sustainability issues and impacts.
Provide guidance on appropriate policies, responsible investments and institutional arrangements needed to address the key causes of malnutrition in all its forms from a food systems perspective.
Are non-binding and voluntary.

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GUIDING PRINCIPLES

Systemic, multisectoral, science- and evidence-based approach.

Coherent, coordinated, context-specific and inclusive policies.

Accountability, transparency and participation.

Healthy and prosperous people, healthy planet.

Gender equality and women’s empowerment.

Youth empowerment and engagement.

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Take your pick! �Proposes 105 actions across 7 thematic areas

Transparent, democratic and accountable governance

Sustainable food supply chains to achieve healthy diets in the context of sustainability and climate change

Equal and equitable access to healthy diets through sustainable food systems

Food safety across sustainable food systems

People-centered nutrition knowledge, education and information

Gender equality and women’s empowerment across food systems

Resilient food systems in humanitarian contexts

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The VGRTFs…

Aim to guarantee the availability of food in quantity and quality sufficient to satisfy the dietary needs of individuals; physical and economic accessibility for everyone, including vulnerable groups, to adequate food, free from unsafe substances and acceptable within a given culture; or the means of its procurement
provide practical guidance to States in their implementation of the progressive realization of the right to adequate food in the context of national food security

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Establish 6 pillars of food security:

Availability

Security of Supply

Access

Utilization

Agency

Sustainability

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19 guidelines total, including…

Democracy, good governance, human rights and the rule of law

Economic development policies

Access to resources and assets:

Labor, land, water, genetic resources, sustainability, and services

Food safety and consumer protection

Education and awareness raising

National financial resources

Support for vulnerable groups

National human rights institutions

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Key Food Systems Challenges in Cambodia

Land
Affordable healthy diets
Irrigation systems

Inadequate access to...

Climate change

Inequity & issues affecting marginalized communities

Weak advocacy for food systems development

COVID-19-related issues

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CAMBODIA

(gender analysis)

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POPULATIONS TO CONSIDER

Women

Pregnant/lactating
Women-led households

Indigenous/ethnic minorities

Highland people

Smallholder or landless/tenant farmers, informal or wage-workers

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Key Food Systems Challenges in Ethiopia

Land
Affordable healthy diets

Inadequate access to...

Heavy reliance on staple crop production & monocropping

Inadequate agricultural sector growth

Weak market linkages

Inequity & issues affecting marginalized communities

COVID-19-related issues

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ETHIOPIA

(gender analysis)

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POPULATIONS TO CONSIDER

Women

Youth

Pastoralists

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Key Food Systems Challenges in Honduras

Climate change

Inadequate access to affordable healthy diets

Gender-related issues

Inadequate food safety mechanisms & enforcement

Weak market linkages & supply chains

Inequity & issues affecting marginalized communities

COVID-19-related issues

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HONDURAS

(gender analysis)

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POPULATIONS TO CONSIDER

Women

Indigenous People

Youth

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Key Food Systems Challenges in Uganda

Land
Affordable healthy diets

Inadequate access to

Massive environmental degradation

Inadequate agricultural sector growth

Inadequate food safety mechanisms & enforcement

High burden of disease-related food insecurity & hunger

Weak advocacy for food systems development

COVID-19-related issues

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