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United Nations A/HRC/25/57 General Assembly Distr.: General 24 January 2014 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-fifth session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,political, economic, social and cultural rights,including the right to development Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to?food,Olivier De Schutter Final report: The transformative potential of the right to food* Summary In the present report, submitted to the Human Rights Council in accordance with its resolution 22/9, the Special Rapporteur on the right to food draws the conclusions from his mandate, showing the connections between his various contributions. Contents Paragraphs Page I. Introduction 1 3 II. The diagnosis 2–12 3 III. What food systems are expected to deliver 13–31 7 A. Sustainable production 16–17 8 B. Sustainable consumption 18–23 9 C. Poverty reduction 24–28 11 D. A new paradigm 29–31 13 IV. The interdependence of reforms 32–34 13 V. The way forward 35–49 14 A. Rebuilding local food systems 36–39 15 B. Deploying national strategies 40–44 16 C. Shaping an enabling international environment 45–49 18 VI. Conclusion 50 20 Annex Overview of key recommendations 21  I. Introduction Over the past six years, the Special Rapporteur on the right to food has conducted country visits in thirteen countries: Benin, Cameroon, Madagascar and Malawi, low-income countries; Brazil, China, Guatemala, Malaysia, Mexico, Nicaragua, South Africa and the Syrian Arab Republic, middle-income countries; and Canada, a high-income country. He also undertook missions to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in order to assess their contributions to the realization of the right to food. Following his initial report presenting his programme of work, he prepared 10 interim reports on a range of thematic issues, in addition to two special reports