[1] Peter Milton Rukundo [Uganda] is a nutritionist-dietician with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Human Nutrition (University of Oslo, Norway) with a bias in the Human Right to Adequate Food. He is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Nutritional Science and Dietetics and the Dean of the School of Vocational Studies at Kyambogo University, Kampala Uganda. His research revolves around the human right to adequate food, food security, nutritional status, dietary intake, as well as food systems among others. Peter is an active advocate for inclusive legal, policy, and institutional frameworks that advance the human right to adequate food equitably.
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Twenty-five years of the United Nations General Comment number 12 on the human right to adequate food – malnutrition continues to surge
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[2] Effiong John [Nigeria] is an administrator, researcher, public analyst and community mobilizer. He is a certified rural sociology and development expert with a goal to contribute to rural development, well-being, growth, nutrition, agriculture and health of people around him. Dr Effiong’s research areas are Livelihoods, Food Security, Rural Development, Agriculture, Gender Studies, Models and Extension. He is a member of many Professional associations namely; Agricultural Society of Nigeria, Farm Management Association of Nigeria, Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria, Rural Sociology of Nigeria and Environmental Society of Nigeria.
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Influence of socio-economic variables and extension inhibitors on food sovereignty in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
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[3] Dr. Phyllis Addo [Ghana] is a public health nutrition lecturer at the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS). She holds a PhD in Nutrition and Food Safety from Sichuan University, China, and an MPhil in Nutrition from the University of Ghana. Her research focuses on child and adolescent nutrition, non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and food systems. She has investigated trans-fat exposure in Ghanaian diets and contributed to drafting Ghana's trans-fat elimination strategy. Her recent work explores how home-grown school feeding programs can drive food systems transformation in Ghana.
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Gender role in food rights and sovereignty in West Africa: A rapid review
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[4] Isaac Busayo Oluwatayo [South Africa] is a Full Professor of Agricultural Economics currently employed at the University of Venda, South Africa. He is a development economics (food security and welfare analysis) expert with over two decades of experience in teaching and research in Africa. Isaac holds PhD from the prestigious University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He is a consultant to different international organisations including, the European Union program on Food security, United Nations Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU/INRA), Global Development Network (GDN) among others. Isaac has supervised more than seventy (70) dissertations and theses and published over 100 articles in refereed local and international Journals. His current research interests span through postharvest losses management, climate change economics, financial inclusion and social protection issues.
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Agriculture and the youth population in Africa: An under-tapped resource for inclusive development
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[5] Salome Owuonda [Kenya] is a Climate, Gender and Social Inclusion Expert focusing on Sustainable Food Systems. She holds a Master of Arts in Gender and Development Studies, and a Bachelor of Arts in Gender, Women, and Development Studies. She has experience in advocacy, governance, program coordination, research and fundraiser. Currently serving as the Executive Director at the Africa Centre for Sustainable and Inclusive Development (Africa CSID), she previously contributed to programs at various organizations. Salome has a wealth of experience in integrating gender perspectives into projects and programs related to climate justice, climate finance, food systems, natural resource management, and empowerment.
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Balancing the right to food and environmental sustainability: A call for holistic transformation
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[6] Mr. Firew Hailemariam [Ethiopia] is working at Oda Bultum University, Agricultural Economics Department, College of Agriculture as a full time worker in a position of Lecturer. Till 2023 he achieved MSc. level in education. Studied his Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Extension at Haramaya University and MSc. Degree in Food Security at Addis Ababa University.
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Determining food intake, the requirement, and weighing the relative risk between food secure and insecure households in rural areas of Ethiopia: The case of West Hararghe zone
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[7] Muringo Gituku [Kenya] is a highly skilled professional with an impressive background spanning across the fields of culinary arts and international law. Muringo holds a Dual Swiss Diploma in Culinary Arts from Boma International Hospitality College (BIHC), Nairobi, Kenya, which is affiliated with the prestigious Business and Hotel Management School (BHMS) in Lucerne, Switzerland. Her excellent training in culinary arts has equipped her with extensive knowledge and skills in food preparation, menu creation, kitchen management, and institutional nutrition. In addition to her culinary excellence, Muringo is also a qualified lawyer, having completed her LLB degree in International Law from the University of Hull, United Kingdom. Her legal interests cover a wide range of areas, including international human rights law, international environmental law and public international law. He is a dedicated and passionate legal professional with a strong commitment to using his skills and knowledge to promote climate justice, realisation of SDG No. 2 - Zero hunger and food security.
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The global food security conundrum through the lens of the right to food.
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[8] Tabby Munyiri [Kenya] is deeply passionate about advocating for farmers' rights and promoting seed sovereignty. With a background in communication, she is committed to empowering smallholder farmers by promoting agro-biodiversity and the preservation of traditional seed systems. She believes that farmers have the freedom to save, exchange, and use their seeds, which are crucial for building resilient, sustainable food systems. Through her work with the Seed Savers Network in Kenya, as the Advocacy and Communications Officer, she is dedicated to driving change at the grassroots level and influencing policies that safeguard the future of small-scale farming communities.
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Seeds and farmers' rights as drivers of change on food systems
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[9] Effiong John [Nigeria] (see number 2 above)
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Effect of road infrastructure on food sovereignty in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
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[10] Effiong John [Nigeria] (see number 2 above)
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Right to Food Policies, Justice and Sovereignty in Nigeria
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[11] Dr. Anne Aswani Musotsi [Kenya] is lecturer and a researcher based at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Department of Nutritional Sciences. She is a PhD scholar of the project: Horticultural Innovations and Learning for Improved Nutrition and Livelihoods in East Africa (HORTINLEA). She has been a visiting researcher in the Faculty of Agriculture, Division of Gender and Globalization, Humboldt University of Berlin. Her research work is focused on food and nutrition security, enhancing utilization of indigenous foods, bioactive components, and integrating gender in food and nutrition security studies. She is passionate about working with rural, peri-urban and urban poor communities. She has worked on several research projects targeting promotion of African indigenous vegetables consumption in Kenya and also food and nutrition security. Dr. Musotsi has authored and co-authored several scholarly articles which have been well cited. She has also made several presentations at local and international conferences and workshops.
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Food sovereignty or food security? which way for sub-Saharan Africa
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[12] Claudio Schuftan [Chile] is a pediatrician, born in Chile and currently based in Ho Chi Minh City, works as a freelance consultant in public health. He is a disseminator/educator/activist in the area of the right to health, ethics and health governance for over 25 years. He is the author of over ninety scholarly papers published in refereed journals and of several book chapters plus over five hundred other assorted publications. Claudio has extensive experience in public health and maternal child health issues and has carried out over one hundred and ten consulting assignments in 50 countries in five continents. He has worked long term in his native Chile, the US, Cameroon, Kenya and Vietnam where he helped set up the PHC Unit in the MOH. He is fluent in five major languages. He is an immediate past active member of the Steering Council of the People’s Health Movement and now of its Advisory council plus of the Steering Council of the World Public Health Nutrition Association. Claudio is the author of a long-running blog, the Human Rights Reader counting over 620 issues. www.claudioschuftan.com |
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The dominant policy approach to the right to food has been improperly underpinned by a food security paradigm
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