«Il n‘y a pas un monde développé et un monde sous-développé, mais un seul monde mal développé»
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
26th session
June 2014
[Excerpt from the statement]
Famine and malnutrition continue to affect nearly a billion people in the world, 80% of whom live in rural areas and most of whom are food producers such as small family farmers. The latter are confronted, without any protection, not only with the rules of the globalised market or stock market speculation on foodstuffs, but also with forced displacements and the phenomenon of large-scale land grabbing. They face numerous obstacles in gaining access to resources (land, water, seeds, etc.), subsidies and credit. As a result, family farmers are victims of multiple forms of discrimination and violations of their human rights, such as the right to life, the right to food, the right of association and the right to participate in decision-making.
