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12/02/2009 By Pierre Leguene
In this comment, Pierre Leguene maintains that the global dimension of food insecurity and the responsibility of governments in the fight against hunger tie the question of food security to the international debate on global governance as a common objective. Global food security must form an essential part of global good governance and also a basis for access to effective citizenship – the sine qua non of a free and sustainable society.
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According to Leguene, the problem needs to be approached not only from the point of view of the presence of social or economic vulnerability, but also as the case of a population marginalised in the exercise of one of the fundamental rights which, along with other social and economic rights, make up the naturalisation papers that recognise people as free citizens and not as subjects dependent on handouts or charity.
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Bio author: Pierre Leguene
Expert in food security and assessor of policies and programmes in this sector.
