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- Title
Food security and COVID-19 in Latin America: A challenge to overcome.
- Authors
Herrera Cuenca, Marianella
- Abstract
Latin America is a region full of challenges due to its characteristics. The COVID-19 pandemic arrived in an unprepared region that must take action for controlling an emergency of a large magnitude, which is not surprising because of the economic decline, the increase in hunger, and informal employment experienced in recent decades. Previous efforts to eradicate hunger and move closer to meeting the number two goal of sustainable development are facing now a setback given the slowdown in activities because of the pandemic. The projection of the increase in intraregional poverty reported by CEPAL is a call for attention to the reformulation of policies associated with the dimensions of poverty and in particular the food and nutritional security of the population. Policies should focus on two levels: an immediate level of attention to the vulnerable population and another dedicated to planning structural actions with a view to the middle and long term.
- Subjects
FOOD security; COVID-19 pandemic; HUNGER; POVERTY; LATIN American economy
- Publication
Gaceta Médica de Caracas, 2020, Vol 128, pS188
- ISSN
0367-4762
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.47307/GMC.2020.128.s2.6