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AI Suggests Govt to Amend Right to Food and Food Sovereignty Act

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AI Suggests Govt to Amend Right to Food and Food Sovereignty Act
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April 21: Amnesty International has emphasizes that Nepal must strengthen and implement its new law on the right to food in order to meet its commitments to rid the country of hunger, malnutrition and food insecurity.

A delegation consisting of Amnesty International Nepal’s Chair Bikram Dhukuchhu and representatives from Community Self Rlinace Center (CSRC) and JuRI Nepal submitted AI’s analysis paper to Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development Chakra Pani Khanal at the latter’s office in Singha Durbar on Friday in this regard.

In the analysis submitted to the government, Amnesty International has recommended amendment to the Right to Food and Food Sovereignty Act. It also suggested that the rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of the law need to be crafted soon.

AI said in a statement that hunger was one of the root causes of Nepal’s decade-long internal conflict, and it continues to be felt across the country today. Nearly half of all households in Nepal face food insecurity, and a tenth are “severely food insecure”. More than a half of all children under five years of age are anaemic, while more than a third of them suffer from stunted growth, the statement added.

In an important step towards realizing its goal of “zero hunger” by 2025, the Nepal government brought the Right to Food and Food Sovereignty Act 2018 into force last September.

 

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