Author(s)

Xinyuan Liu, Ziyue Tan

Corresponding Author

Ziyue Tan

ABSTRACT

South Africa is facing a severe food crisis. Under the current background, the regional food crisis is not solved vigorously so that good relief cannot be obtained. South Africa's domestic legislation system on food and food issues still needs to be perfected. There is no specific department law on food, and the relevant stipulations and regulations are of low rank. Therefore, there is no corresponding legal basis in practice, and it is hard to solve the food issue domestically only by relying on existing domestic laws. Moreover, the legal system itself lacks foresight, preventive measures, and emergency plans. This essay analyzes the current situation of food problems in South Africa, causes of food shortages, and attempts to find domestic and foreign solutions from the legal level according to existing international organizations and relevant international treaties, so as to solve food security.

KEYWORDS

Food security, South Africa, legislative system, international law