--Consultation on food laws set to start
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE
KATHMANDU: Leading food policy experts, policymakers and legislatures from five South Asian countries are set to discuss food legislations in a regional consultation starting in Kathmandu tomorrow.
In a press statement, South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics and Environment (SAWTEE), OXFAM and a global campaign 'GROW' said participants from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka will discuss findings of studies on food legislations in each of the five countries at the regional meeting.
Right to food, consumer rights, intellectual property rights, farmers' rights, access to genetic and other resources, right to environment, prevention of anti-competition practices, food quality and safety are a few broad areas that fall within the purview of food legislations, reads the statement.
"The region is at a crossroads. With volatile food prices, erratic weather pattern, sluggish global economy, and widening gap between the rich and the poor, all the progresses that South Asia has enjoyed in the past two decades could be reversed unless it confronts this region wide hunger with a sense of urgency," the statement quotes Lillian Mercado, Deputy Regional Director of Oxfam in Asia, as saying.
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