Kibungu, Joseph2024-06-262024-06-262023Kibungu, Joseph. (2023). Interrogating the Shortcomings of the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition from a Human Rights Perspectives [PhD thesis, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg]. WireDSpace.https://hdl.handle.net/10539/38755A research report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctorate of Laws to the Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, School of A law, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2023Access to food entails the physical means to obtain food directly, and economic access, which is the ability to purchase food from available sources. Lack of access to food continues to deny a significant proportion of the globe, especially women and peasant farmers, a dignified life. There have been many attempts at both local and international levels to address food insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).2 Most recent attempts have championed agribusinesses to solve food insecurity, with increasing agribusiness involvement from the Global North. The primary advocates of this model have been agribusinesses’ home states and international financial institutions. At face value, the injection of capital by the private sector to boost agricultural production seems like a noble idea. The proponents of this model champion it as the remaining piece in the jigsaw to accelerate food production in developing economies. They view it as the ultimate solution to ongoing food insecurity in a continent with abundant, unutilized arable landen© 2023 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.Access to foodFood insecurity in Sub-Saharan AfricaNutritionHuman Rights PerspectivFood securityAccess to foodUCTDSDG-2: Zero hungerThesisUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg