Olivier De Schutter
Olivier De Schutter is United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food.
Trade negotiators who recently failed in Singapore to finalize the long-awaited Trans-Pacific Partnership will soon have another chance to conclude what would be the world's largest free-trade agreeme… read more
Breakthrough crops, fertilizer subsidies, and aid campaigns may grab the headlines, but the worldwide right-to-food movement holds the greatest promise for ending hunger. Unlike the top-down measures … read more
At Davos this year, the world’s economic and political leaders stand warned: do globalization better, or it will be derailed by the growing legions of the discontented. That means finally going beyond… read more
World Bank President Robert Zoellick recently listed nine measures that the G-20 should adopt under its current French presidency in order to confront future food crises. But what is needed are measur… read more
On September 20-22, world leaders will assess progress towards meeting the UN's Millennium Development Goals – a set of eight global development objectives to be achieved by 2015. But this summit shou… read more
The World Bank and major UN organizations recently presented seven “Principles for Responsible Agricultural Investment,” which seek to ensure that large-scale land investments benefit investors and di… read more
