This handbook, part of the Haki Zetu – ESC rights in Practice series, is intended for civil society organizations and activists working with local communities in Africa. It provides an introduction to the right to adequate food, gives advice for organizations preparing to work on the right to be free from hunger, access to land and water, trade, nutrition, and provides tools to monitor access to adequate food, to productive land and resources, the impact of agribusiness, nutrition, and Social Cash Transfers.