1.6 Under the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of
1999, States are obliged to respect the rights to food of their people. Of the
following statements, which one best explains the meaning of "State's obligation to
respect rights to food":
a. States should enforce appropriate laws to stop third parties from violating the
right to food of others
b. States must engage in activities that strengthen people's accessto and
utilization of resources to facilitate their ability to feed themselves
c. States should not take any arbitrarily measures to deprive people of their
right to food
d. All of the above
1.7 The following are the direct indicators used to measure household food insecurity:
a. Food frequency and 24-hour recall
b. Coping strategies and dietary diversity score
c. Dietary diversity score and food frequency
d. All of the above
1.8 Which of the following best explains people's entitlements to food:
a. The term refers to social welfare programmes such as the fair price food shops
in Zimbabwe
b. It means the pathways through which people access food, whether by
production, purchase, social protection programmes or other means
c. When countries enact right-to-food legislation, then people are entitled to
food
d. The term is a reference to agrarian reform programmes that provide farmers
with land titles
1.9 According to United Nations Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, the
right to food has the following elements expect:
a. Accessibility
b. Availability
c. Adequacy
d. Utilization
1.10 Based on FAOforecasts on global milk production, it's expected that milk production
will increase from 580 million tons to------------million tons by 2050:
a. 1090
b. 1043
C. 930
d. None of the above
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