Abstract
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.
Highlights
The article addresses the issue of hunger in the world, one of the most perverse phenomena experienced by humanity in this new decade
According to the latest estimates provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), there were almost 690 million people stricken by hunger in 20192020, confirming a trend that had been perceived since 2014
Some studies point out that hunger has a toxic effect and “that children and youths who have suffered from multiple famines are more likely to die from non-communicable diseases when compared to people who have never suffered from lack of food”6
Summary
TO OVERCOME THE PLIGHT OF HUNGER: A REGIONAL INTEGRATION BASED ON FOOD SOVEREIGNTY. PARA SUPERAR O FLAGELO DA FOME: UMA INTEGRAÇÃO REGIONAL BASEADA NA SOBERANIA ALIMENTAR. PARA SUPERAR EL FLAGELO DEL HAMBRE: UNA INTEGRACIÓN REGIONAL BASADA EN LA SOBERANÍA ALIMENTARIA. Artigo está licenciado sob forma de uma licença Creative Commons Atribuição 4.0 Internacional
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