How is Brazil facing the crisis of Food and Nutrition Security during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Carvalho, Carolina Abreu de; Viola, Poliana Cristina de Almeida Fonseca; Sperandio, Naiara

doi:10.1017/s1368980020003973

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“…Factors such as national and regional governance (e.g., social protection programs), the existing capacity of non-state actors, and environmental conditions directly impact food security and the ability of LMICs to respond in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic [ 44 , 45 , 46 ]. In India, for example, where we identified the greatest number of interventions, the nation has experienced stringent lockdown measures and the mass out-migration of internal migrant workers from cities [ 47 , 48 ].…”

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Humanitarian Food Security Interventions during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Review of Actions among Non-State Actors

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Widespread food insecurity has emerged as a global humanitarian crisis during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. In response, international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) and United Nations (UN) agencies have mobilized to address the food security needs among different populations. The objective of this review was to identify and describe food security interventions implemented by INGOs and UN agencies during the early stages of the pandemic. Using a rapid review methodology, we reviewed food security interventions implemented by five INGOs and three UN agencies between 31 December 2019 and 31 May 2020. Descriptive statistical and content analyses were used to explore the extent, range, and nature of these interventions. In total, 416 interventions were identified across 107 low- and middle-income countries. Non-state actors have developed new interventions to directly respond to the food security needs created by the pandemic. In addition, these humanitarian organizations have adapted (e.g., new public health protocols, use of technology) and reframed existing initiatives to position their efforts in the context of the pandemic. These findings provide a useful baseline to monitor how non-state actors, in addition to the food security interventions these organizations implement, continue to be influenced by the pandemic. In addition, these findings provide insights into the different ways in which INGOs and UN agencies mobilized resources during the early and uncertain stages of the pandemic.

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Humanitarian Food Security Interventions during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Review of Actions among Non-State Actors

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“…Through this programme, family farming from settlements should be supported in terms of sales to benefit socially vulnerable and marginalised populations (25) . In the present situation of poor access to healthy and fresh food in a highly vulnerable community, this programme should work (26) . However, in São Paulo city, the financing of social programmes has been reduced, including the family farming.…”

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“…(25) In the present situation of poor access to healthy and fresh food in a highly vulnerable community, this program should work. (26) However, in São Paulo city, the financing of social programs has been reduced, including the family farming.…”

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High prevalence of food insecurity, the adverse impact of COVID-19 in Brazilian favela

Manfrinato

Marino

Condé

et al. 2020

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: To investigate food insecurity (FI) prevalence in two favelas in Brazil in the early weeks of the social distancing policy, from 27 March 2020 to 1 June 2020. Design: A cross-sectional study using an online questionnaire to elicit information on socio-economic and demographic characteristics, the types of stores visited to buy food, and FI screening. The FI experience was evaluated according to the Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale. Factors associated with moderate or severe FI were investigated using the logistic regression model. Setting: São Paulo city, Brazil. Participants: Totally, 909 householders. Results: Eighty-eight per cent of the households included young women working as cleaners or kitchen assistants and in sales services. One-fifth of the participants were involved in the federal cash transfer programme, called Bolsa Família. There were 92 % households with children. The most frequent experience reported was uncertainty about food acquisition or receiving more (89 %), eating less than one should (64 %), not being able to eat healthy and nutritious food (46 %), and skipping a meal (39 %). Forty-seven per cent of the participants experienced moderate or severe FI. Factors associated with moderate and severe FI were low income, being a Bolsa Família recipient, having a low level of education and living in a household without children. Conclusions: Half of the participants experienced moderate or severe FI, and almost 10 % experienced hunger. Our data suggest that families with children were at a lower risk of moderate to severe FI. It is possible that nationally established social programmes such as Bolsa Família were protecting those families.

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“…The issues of ensuring food security through the creation of conditions for sustainable development of rural areas have been paid attention in the works of various scientists and researchers : Bouwman De CaZK et al (2021), Godfray et al (2010), De Carvalho et al (2021, Drangert (2021), Farcas et al (2021), Neelakantan, DeFries, and Fanzo (2020), O'Hara and Toussaint (2021) and many others.…”

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“…It attracted the attention of scientists around the world of completely different scientific fields and all types of economic activity. For example, Brazilian academics note that «measures to directly purchase food from family farmers, deliver school food kits directly to students, and exemptions from paying electricity bills for vulnerable persons and other emergency measures were not coordinated enough to contain the food crisis in Brazil» (Carvalho et al, 2021;Kansiime, 2021). O'Hara and Toussaint (2021) writes about the constant disparity in the population's access to food.…”

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Economics and Management of Agricultural Production in the Republic of Bashkortostan in the Context of the COVID Pandemic

Kuznetsova¹

2021

Hradec Economic Days

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Taking into account all existing opinions on food security and generally agreeing with them, in our work we are faced with the task of defining directions for the development of agricultural production in one of the 85 regions of the Russian Federation-in the Republic of Bashkortostan. The main purpose of this paper is to identify the key directions for the development of the agricultural sector, taking into account the situation of Covid for the period up to 2030. Agriculture of the Republic of Bashkortostan is one of the leading in the Russian Federation with 3.4%. For the main types of food: milk, meat, potatoes, vegetable oil and sugar, the region is completely independent. Despite the situation with Covid, in 2020 the region increased its agricultural production by 5%. the average monthly wage of agricultural producers is about 30% less than the wages of workers in processing industries.In turn, the level of remuneration of workers in the agricultural sector is on average 56-58% of the average for the region, in food processing industries -about 79%. It is quite obvious that an insufficiently high level of attractiveness of work in the agro-industrial complex leads to an outflow of qualified personnel to other industries. But to 2025-2030 the Republic of Bashkortostan needs an increase in the production of vegetables -not less than 30%, fish -77%, fruits, berries -in 3-4 times.

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How is Brazil facing the crisis of Food and Nutrition Security during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Cited by 41 publications

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Humanitarian Food Security Interventions during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Review of Actions among Non-State Actors

Humanitarian Food Security Interventions during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Review of Actions among Non-State Actors

High prevalence of food insecurity, the adverse impact of COVID-19 in Brazilian favela

Economics and Management of Agricultural Production in the Republic of Bashkortostan in the Context of the COVID Pandemic

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