16 October 2009 – Brazil has made substantial progress in ensuring all its citizens have access to food, but authorities in the South American nation should do more to help the most vulnerable groups, such as the landless and small farmers, a United Nations human rights expert said today. Olivier de Schutter, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, told journalists in Brasilia, the capital, that the country’s improvement on the issue since his last visit in 2002 was “inspiring.” Professor de Schutter is carrying out a week-long visit to Brazil and has so far met with senior Government officials, including Foreign Minister Celso Amorim, Minister of Social Development and Fight against Hunger Patrus Ananias, and Agrarian Development Minister Guilherme Cassel, as well as key lawmakers and representatives of the... [read full story]
