Tag: Water

The Lake Chad Basin Region: Conflicts, Crises and Contemporary Developments

26 August, 2022 Interview Series

Titilayo Adebola and Chika Charles Aniekwe Lake Chad is the fourth largest lake in Africa (by area). The significant shrinking of the Lake over the past decades has precipitated …

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22 March: World Water Day

22 March, 2019 Events

On 28 July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly through Resolution A/RES/64/292, declared safe and clean drinking water a human right. The human right to water entitles everyone, without discrimination, …

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The world’s farmers produce enough food to feed more than the global population yet, hunger persists. Around 733 million people are facing hunger in the world due to repeated weather shocks, conflicts, economic downturns, inequality, and the pandemic. This impacts the poor and vulnerable most severely, many of whom are agricultural households, reflecting widening inequalities across and within countries.

Food is the third most basic human need after air and water – everyone should have the right to adequate food. Human rights such as the right to food, life and liberty, work and education are recognised by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and two legally binding international covenants.

Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO).