Pipoppinyo also emphasized the need to shift focus on enhancing the access, availability and absorption capacity of the people rather than only concentrating on food production.
Barbara Ekwall, senior officer, Right to Food, FAO also said right to food is a basic human right which should be recognized by each government.
Biraj Patnaik, principal adviser on Right to Food, said food deficit occurs some time when the distribution system fails to supply available food grains in needy areas even though the market has sufficient food stock.[break]
Speaking at the press meet, Gauri Pradhan, Commissioner at the National Human Rights Commission, highlighted the efforts made by the commission to implement the right to food enshrined in the constitution.
Meanwhile a South-South Seminar on right to food is being organized on Tuesday to sensitize the issue of right to food.
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