Abstract
The present study contributes to the debate on the need to develop unconventional strategies for mitigating food insecurity in the world. Ancient peoples’ knowledge and experience may help to deepen the debate and establish a line of work based on the case study herein presented. The study proposes the promotion of indigenous food systems through the institutional resilience approach. There is a need to attack a global problem that affects the entire planet, including countries that have agricultural systems sensitive to the problem of climate change. According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the population suffering from hunger has been growing in the last 3 years, which is similar to the famine levels recorded in the previous decade. This would contribute to the development of new strategies of action that allow not only the strengthening of today’s localized agrifood systems but also the revaluation of food systems forgotten or guarded by the indigenous populations that remain present.
Highlights
Food insecurity is a global problem affecting the entire planet, in particular, countries with agricultural systems sensitive to climate change.Food insecurity is understood as a situation where people do not have continuous physical or economic access to nutritious and safe food, as the distance to food access grows to the extent that communities would be placed in food poverty.The lack of food, quality food, contributes to malnutrition of the population, but on a wider scale is the main slowing element of rural territories, leading to hunger, poverty, and unemployment.According to the available data, the number of people suffering from hunger has grown during the last 3 years, returning to the levels of a decade ago
Experiences in a framework of institutional resilience To obtain an idea of the application of the institutional resilience approach, we describe the concrete experience of the Totonac indigenous group in the municipality of Huehuetla, Puebla, Mexico
The analysis of the temporality of food systems allows the recognition of a richness in the manner its different expressions are approached in a historical context; since mankind has been able to capitalize on the natural resources of a territory, it has seen the need to create a perceptive means of interacting with its environment as best as possible
Summary
Food insecurity is a global problem affecting the entire planet, in particular, countries with agricultural systems sensitive to climate change (e.g., variability of rainfall, temperature, drought, floods).Food insecurity is understood as a situation where people do not have continuous physical or economic access to nutritious and safe food, as the distance to food access grows to the extent that communities would be placed in food poverty.The lack of food, quality food, contributes to malnutrition of the population, but on a wider scale is the main slowing element of rural territories, leading to hunger, poverty, and unemployment.According to the available data, the number of people suffering from hunger has grown during the last 3 years, returning to the levels of a decade ago. Food insecurity is a global problem affecting the entire planet, in particular, countries with agricultural systems sensitive to climate change (e.g., variability of rainfall, temperature, drought, floods). Food insecurity is understood as a situation where people do not have continuous physical or economic access to nutritious and safe food, as the distance to food access grows to the extent that communities would be placed in food poverty. The lack of food, quality food, contributes to malnutrition of the population, but on a wider scale is the main slowing element of rural territories, leading to hunger, poverty, and unemployment. According to the available data, the number of people suffering from hunger has grown during the last 3 years, returning to the levels of a decade ago. It is currently estimated that the absolute number of people worldwide affected by food insecurity has increased from around. The situation is worsening in South America and most regions in Africa and Asia [1]
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