Food Security Policies in Latin America

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Piñeiro ◽  
Eduardo Dante Bianchi ◽  
Laura Uzquiza ◽  
Mario Trucco
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Security Policies

scholarly journals TO OVERCOME THE PLIGHT OF HUNGER

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. e39636
Author(s):  
Consuelo Silva Flores
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
Food Sovereignty ◽  
Security Policies ◽  
Food Crisis ◽  
Upward Trend ◽  
The World ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Access To Food

The article addresses the issue of hunger in the world, one of the most perverse phenomena experienced by humanity in this new decade. Starting in 2014, an upward trend in food insecurity began to manifest itself, reaching serious levels in 2019-2020.With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, concern grew about the effects it could have on the food crisis worldwide and, especially, in Latin America and the Caribbean. The latter, because it is the region where commercial access to food is among the most expensive in the world. By the way, Latin America does not face a shortage of food, but on the contrary it has an abundance of them. These contradictions make it necessary to question whether market liberalization has been a solution to solve the problem of hunger at the world level. As well as reviewing the relevance of “official” food security policies and their driving institutions. One of the solutions is to achieve coordinated and permanent action by the States to guarantee the provision of food to the population and prevent the advance of hunger. Our conclusion is that the strengthening of regional integration projects based on food sovereignty is required.

scholarly journals Rice Supply Patterns in Kalimantan Selatan: Part of solution for regional food security

INSIST ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 214
Author(s):  
Arief RM Akbar ◽  
Alan Dwi Wibowo ◽  
Alia Rahmi ◽  
Sigit Prabawa
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
System Dynamics ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Supply System ◽  
Security Policies ◽  
Land Productivity ◽  
Regional Food ◽  
Self Sufficiency

South Kalimantan is a largest rice producer in Kalimantan island. More than five years its rice met by their own production, moreover it has supplied to other area such as Kalimantan Tengah, Kalimantan Timur and Kalimantan Utara. In many studies, rice stocks play a critical role in determining the regional’s food security. In recent issues, rice stocks has a wide impact on an array of economic, political, societal stabilities. Unfortunately, most of the land in Kalimantan Selatan is classified as wetlands, where the land productivity is low. Therefore, this study analyzes rice supply patterns in Kalimantan Selatan in order to provide policies development toward rice self-sufficiency. This research is using system dynamics approach to explore the system which then develop any alternatives of rice policies. Eventually, this study provides evidences for the need to consider rice supply system in the regional’s food security policies.

The tension between global GHG emissions of animal source foods, sustainability, and food security in Latin America and the Caribbean.

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (057) ◽  
Author(s):  
Constanza Gutiérrez-Gómez
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Global Perspective ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Livestock Sector ◽  
The Caribbean

Abstract The livestock sector faces an important challenge in the medium and long term since it must satisfy an increasing demand for animal products as a result of the increase in population and the world economy but safeguarding natural resources and at the same time minimizing the environmental contamination, especially the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions attributed to livestock husbandry. For Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), this becomes more relevant given the importance of the sector for the food security of rural communities, particularly for small-scale producers. In this manuscript, we address the main challenges of LAC in this context, from a global perspective that includes the demographic, economic, cultural, and environmental effects. The biggest global challenge for the LAC livestock sector for the coming decades is how to satisfy the growing human demand for animal protein in a sustainable way maintaining the food security of their communities. The efforts to achieve these goals require focusing on improving the efficiency of both animal husbandry and production systems. Therefore, it is necessary to implement technologies of sustainable intensification and it is urgent that those who make political decisions become aware of these issues.

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