Racism and food insecurity: misfortunes of a Quilombola community in the Brazilian Legal Amazon
João Henrique Rabelo Câmara,
István Van Deursen Varga,
Maria Tereza Borges Araújo Frota
et al.
Abstract:This study examined food insecurity in the Quilombola community of Imbiral Cabeça-Branca, in Maranhão, Brazil, during the COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional study was conducted in the last quarter of 2021 with 25 household heads from the community. Most participants were women (52.0%) with low schooling and were unemployed (68.0%), and 76.0% received a Federal Emergency Aid. The mean household density was four people, and houses were predominantly made of rammed earth, lacking basic sanitation. The consumed … Show more
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