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The aim of this study was to analyze the causes of poverty and food insecurity in rural Mexico under the framework of public policy, in order to contribute to the conceptual understanding of this issue through a review of documents with a historical perspective. It addresses the conceptual...

Author(s)
Figueroa, M. L.; Moral, J. B. del; Reyes, V. C.
Publisher
Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Chapingo, Mexico
Citation
Textual Análisis del Medio Rural Latinoamericano, 2018, No.71, pp 71-105
Abstract

The objective of this essay was to identify food vulnerability starting from the origin of the concept of 'food security' and at the same time to describe Mexican food policy. The question that guided this work was: the situation of vulnerability to food that is lived in rural Mexican households is ...

Author(s)
Romero, N. M.; Sangerman-Jarquín, D. M.; Hernández Juárez, M.; Merino, A. L.; Escalona Maurice, M. J.
Publisher
Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias (INIFAP), Mexico City, Mexico
Citation
Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Agrícolas, 2019, 10, 4, pp 935-945
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Introduction: food security exists when all people have physical and economic access to sufficient safe and nutritious food at all times to meet their nutritional needs and food preferences in order to lead an active and healthy life. Ensuring food security refers specifically to satisfying a basic ...

Author(s)
Anabella, Z.; Susana, B.; Concilio, M. C.; Rossi, M. L.
Publisher
Asociación Argentina de Dietistas y Nutricionistas Dietista, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Citation
Diaeta, 2021, 39, 174, pp 22-31
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This paper aims at clarifying the food security concept. It uses as a starting point the definition approved by the World Food Summit in 1996 and seeks to explain the four dimensions of food security. In order to provide a dynamic perspective of the concept, the paper reviews the changes in...

Author(s)
Simon, G. A.
Publisher
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino, Madrid, Spain
Citation
Revista Española de Estudios Agrosociales y Pesqueros, 2009, No.224(4), pp 19-45
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Food security and hunger, linked to rural poverty, in Mexico are among the greatest challenges since they include large sectors of the population, which are exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The objective of this essay is to analyze the food security of family farming and rural poverty in...

Author(s)
Juárez, J. R.
Publisher
Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias (INIFAP), Mexico City, Mexico
Citation
Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Agrícolas, 2022, 13, 3, pp 553-565
Abstract

The prevalence of overweight and obesity in the Region is a major public health concern, leading countries to implement regulations and policies to combat this issue. One such policy in Chile is the Law on Nutritional Composition of Foods and its advertising, which requires warning stamps on foods...

Author(s)
Corvalán, C.; Correa, T.; Reyes, M.; Paraje, G.
Publisher
FAO & INTA, Santiago, Chile
Citation
The impact of the Chilean law on food labelling on the food production sector, 2021, pp 86 pp.
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This publication describes the current situation of food security and nutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean, with emphasis on the importance of nutrition in achieving economic and social development of the region. Nutrition-related challenges in the region are initially discussed, followed...

Publisher
FAO, Rome, Italy
Citation
2016 América Latina y el Caribe. Panorama de la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional: sistemas alimentarios sostenibles para poner fin al hambre y la malnutrición, 2017, pp vi + 163 pp.
Abstract

This study is an analysis of one year's results (2008) of the Integral Food Program (IFP) of the Agricultural Development Institute (ADI). The purpose of the study was to create a collective learning process, especially in relation to the sustainability of the program and its contribution to the ...

Author(s)
Drakeford, A.; Muñoz, A.; Castro, E.
Publisher
Universidad EARTH, Guácimo, Costa Rica
Citation
Tierra Tropical: Sostenibilidad, Ambiente y Sociedad, 2010, 6, 2, pp 163-171
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Uruguay is an agricultural-based country and stands out for exporting most of its food production, mainly meat and soybeans. The production of grains for animal feed has grown significantly. The insertion of the country in the world food system and its nutritional contribution for the national...

Author(s)
Gomez Perazzoli, A.
Publisher
Facultad de Agronomia, Universidad de la República, y del Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria, Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay
Citation
Agrociencia (Montevideo), 2019, 23, 1, pp 92-100
Abstract

Food security is a fundamental aspect of the development of individuals, households and societies. However, it is a multidimensional concept among which the employment position determines the financial resources that a person, family or household has to face food insecurity. Objective: To identify, ...

Author(s)
Fierro Moreno, E.; Lozano Keymolen, D.
Publisher
Facultad de Salud Pública y Nutrición, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico
Citation
Revista Salud Pública y Nutrición, 2022, 21, 3, pp 1-11

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