Reimagine Global Food Systems to Prevent Hunger and Protect Rights

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image A trader checks the quality of wheat at a wholesale grain market near Sonipat, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India on May 17, 2022. © 2022 Mayank Makhija/NurPhoto via AP The past week has been another reminder of the urgent need to build global food systems that treat food as a human right rather than a commodity. On May 13, India banned most wheat exports to safeguard domestic food security for its 1.4 billion people, pushing the global price of wheat to record highs. India is the latest country turning to export restrictions to cope with rising food prices fueled…

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