scholarly journals Food and Nutrition Insecurity in Venezuelan Migrant Families in Bogotá, Colombia

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rocio Pico ◽  
Sara del Castillo Matamoros ◽  
Jennifer Bernal
Keyword(s):  
Migration Process ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Adequate Diet ◽  
Nutrition Security ◽  
Migrant Families ◽  
Food And Nutrition ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Access To Food ◽  
Migratory Process

Venezuela has had the largest migration in recent history, with 4.8 million people displaced due to sociopolitical, economic, electrical blackouts, and health crises. Nine out of 10 migrants are facing food insecurity during the COVID19 pandemic. Colombia has received the largest number of Venezuelans migrants, counting officially 1,764,883 to date. This study aims to analyze the changes in the migration process regarding the availability, access, and food consumption of Venezuelan migrants in Bogotá, before and after their arrival. This study uses a naturalistic approach, with a convenience sample (n = 15 families) who participated in in-depth semi-structured interviews about their experiences related to diet and nutrition, and the migratory process. Information was recorded, transcribed, and analyzed using grounded theory. Findings reflect that Venezuelan migrants leave the country due to severe lack of access to food which in turn affects the supply, acquisition, consumption, and nutritional status: “The main reason I left Venezuela was that I couldn't get groceries like milk to feed my granddaughter. When that happened, I couldn't stand it anymore.” After arrival in Colombia, dimensions of food and nutrition security, such as availability, physical and economic access, and consumption improved. However, families are still struggling to acquire basic food items. Households have access to a culturally adequate diet, but with insufficient nutritional quality, as noted by one participant: “The biggest difference is that in Venezuela you can't get the groceries to feed your whole family with the salary that you get. Here in Bogota, you can buy cheap food, to feed the whole family.” After their arrival, migrants still face difficulties that include legal issues, finding a place to stay, employment, access to high-quality foods, and xenophobia. They have regained the freedom to choose the food they want to buy in a dignified and socially accepted way; two elements that were no longer possible in Venezuela.

scholarly journals IMPROVING FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY OF VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES - AN INTEGRATED NUTRITION SENSITIVE APPROACH

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 179-183
Author(s):  
Aaliya Habib ◽  
Muhammad Aslam Bajwa ◽  
Naureen Omer ◽  
Omer Ahmed Bangash ◽  
Zulfiqar Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Organic Fertilizers ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Developmental Approach ◽  
Food And Nutrition Security ◽  
Nutrition Security ◽  
Balanced Diet ◽  
Household Food ◽  
Food And Nutrition

Background: Food and Nutrition Security is a multilevel and complex construct, needing a holistic developmental approach, including multiple stakeholders. These projects were implemented by local partners, Lasoona and Doaba Foundation addressing food availability, access, use, utilization, and sustainability through a multi-sectoral approach. The aim of the evaluation was to provide a comprehensive assessment of Food and Nutrition Security projects (1086 and 1087) based on OECD DAC evaluation criteria. Methods: Mixed method approach, quasi-experimental design was used, including desk review, key informant interviews, focus group discussions with target communities, structured interviews of beneficiaries using Household Food Insecurity Assessment Scale (HIFAS) and Months of Adequate Household Food Provisioning (MAHFP) scale. Results: According to the HIFAS results, Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) including Kohistan & Sawat were vulnerable with 34% and 15.78 % households facing food insecurity respectively. While in Muzaffargarh, a district of Punjab, 47% households were facing food insecurity. HDDS and IDDS improved considerably in all districts of KP and Punjab. Conclusion: The evaluated projects were social change projects sowing the seeds of a major social paradigm shift - changing the status of women at household and community level. Awareness of malnutrition and balanced diet through community volunteers, peer educators, social mobilizers and outreach workers played a pivotal role. Access and availability of diversified and nutritious food via kitchen gardens and plantation of trees with the use of organic fertilizers was encouraged.

scholarly journals Food Security among Libyan Migrants Living in Australia: A Qualitative Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (24) ◽  
pp. 13853
Author(s):  
Reima Mansour ◽  
Pranee Liamputtong ◽  
Amit Arora
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Food Labelling ◽  
Food Labels ◽  
Food Label ◽  
Disadvantaged Communities ◽  
Nutrition Security ◽  
Migrant Families ◽  
Food And Nutrition

Food security among migrants and refugees is a concern across the globe, with the dearth of evidence on food labels and their influence on food security affecting disadvantaged communities especially. This paper discusses the experiences of food security among Libyan migrant families in Australia. The study is situated within the food and nutrition security framework. A qualitative approach was adopted with in-depth interviews conducted with 27 Libyan migrants. Thematic analysis identified three themes: food security, food label comprehension, and strategies for dealing with food insecurity and food labelling difficulties. Food security had different meanings to different individuals. Access to culturally appropriate (halal) foods was problematic for families in regional and rural areas due to a lack of availability outside the main cities. In terms of food labelling, the language and terms used were a common issue for most families in both rural and city environments. Many families attempted to find ways to counteract food insecurity; however, lower-income families found this more burdensome. It is crucial that health and social welfare providers consider means to reduce food insecurity among Libyan migrants to allow them to live a healthier life in Australia.

scholarly journals Cartography And Management Of Food-Insecure Areas In Garut

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 458-463
Author(s):  
Rina Rifqie Mariana, Mohammad Efendi, Malizal Widaningsih
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Food Availability ◽  
Food Access ◽  
Nutrition Security ◽  
Food And Nutrition ◽  
System 2 ◽  
Access To Food ◽  
Food Staples

The objective of this research was to investigate the situation of food insecurity and its handling in Garut District, West Java, Indonesia. An analysis based on the national food insecurity indicators and the Food Insecurity Atlas has identified food-insecure areas, resulting in nine indicators reflecting the three pillars of food security, i.e.,food availability, access to food, and use of food. Results on food insecurity status show that priority 1 belongs to the nine villages under study 1. The local government has imposed five policies to address food insecurity, i.e., 1) setting up a monthly program called the Food and Nutrition Security System, 2) direct assistance in the form of food staples, 3) developing the Food Security and Vulnerability Atlas, 4) improving food access, and 5) developing self-sufficient villages. These attempts are quite efficient. After three years, more areas have moved from Priority 1 to Priority 3 in food security.

scholarly journals Gender justice and food security: The case of public distribution system in India

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 252-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mamata Pradhan ◽  
Nitya Rao
Keyword(s):  
Distribution System ◽  
Local Politics ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Gender Justice ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
Nutrition Security ◽  
Public Distribution System ◽  
Food And Nutrition ◽  
Indian State ◽  
Access To Food

This article contributes to the debates around food and nutrition security from a perspective of gender justice, central to which is the recognition of men and women as having equal rights and entitlements to a life free from hunger and malnutrition. Using both quantitative and qualitative data from the Indian state of Bihar, we assess various elements of gender justice through the functioning of the Public Distribution System, the largest food-based safety net programme in the world. Despite universal entitlements, we find that power relations embedded in local politics, caste and class heterogeneity and political economy considerations, mediate the gendered access to food through state transfers.

scholarly journals Local Agroforestry Practices for Food and Nutrition Security of Smallholder Farm Households in Southwestern Ethiopia

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 2722 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omarsherif Jemal ◽  
Daniel Callo-Concha ◽  
Meine van Noordwijk
Keyword(s):  
Forest Products ◽  
Multipurpose Trees ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Medicinal Uses ◽  
Food And Nutrition Security ◽  
Nutrition Security ◽  
Southwestern Ethiopia ◽  
Smallholder Farm ◽  
Food And Nutrition ◽  
Agroforestry Practices

Food and nutrition security (FNS) rests on five pillars: availability, access, utilization, stability, and sovereignty. We assessed the potentials of local agroforestry practices (AFPs) for enabling FNS for smallholders in the Yayu Biosphere Reserve (southwestern Ethiopia). Data was collected from 300 households in a stratified random sampling scheme through semi-structured interviews and farm inventory. Utility, edibility, and marketability value were the key parameters used to determine the potential of plants in the AFPs. Descriptive statistics, ANOVA, and correlation analysis were employed to determine the form, variation, and association of local AFP attributes. Homegarden, multistorey-coffee-system, and multipurpose-trees-on-farmlands are the predominant AFPs in Yayu. Multipurpose-trees-on-farmlands are used mainly for food production, multistorey-coffee-system for income-generation, and homegarden for both. The 127 useful plant species identified represent 10 major plant utility groups, with seven (food, fodder, fuel, coffee-shade, timber, non-timber-forest-products, and medicinal uses) found in all three AFPs. In total, 80 edible species were identified across all AFPs, with 55 being primarily cultivated for household food supply. Generally, household income emanates from four major sources, multistorey-coffee-system (60%), homegarden (18%), multipurpose-trees-on-farmlands (13%), and off-farm activities (11%). Given this variation in form, purpose, and extracted benefits, existing AFPs in Yayu support the FNS of smallholders in multiple ways.

scholarly journals Nutrition-sensitive agriculture and the promotion of food and nutrition sovereignty and security in Brazil

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 2303-2312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renato Sergio Maluf ◽  
Luciene Burlandy ◽  
Mariana Santarelli ◽  
Vanessa Schottz ◽  
Juliana Simões Speranza
Keyword(s):  
Food Production ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Family Farming ◽  
Adequate Diet ◽  
Nutrition Security ◽  
Family Farmers ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Institutional Structures ◽  
Food And Nutrition ◽  
Nutrition Sensitive

AbstractThis paper explores the possibilities of the nutrition-sensitive agriculture approach in the context of the programs and actions towards promoting food and nutrition sovereignty and security in Brazil. To analyze the links between nutrition and agriculture, this paper presents the conceptual framework related to food and nutrition security, and stresses the correlations among concepts, institutional structures and program design in Brazil. Dominant models of food production and consumption are scrutinized in the light of these relationships. This paper also highlights differences amongst different ways to promote nutrition-sensitive agriculture through food-acquisition programs from family farmers, experiences in agro-ecology and bio-fortification programs. In the closing remarks, the paper draws some lessons learned from the Brazilian experience that highlight the advantages of family farming and rapid food production, distribution and consumption cycles in order to promote access to an affordable, diversified and more adequate diet in nutritional terms.

scholarly journals NOVO CORONAVÍRUS SARS-COV-2 E O AGRAVAMENTO DA INSEGURANÇA ALIMENTAR EM PAÍSES AFRICANOS COM HISTÓRICO DE EVENTOS CLIMÁTICOS E DE CONFLITOS ARMADOS

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (16) ◽  
pp. 118-141
Author(s):  
Maitu Abibo Buanango ◽  
Vladmir Antero Delgado Silves Ferreira ◽  
Maria Rita Marques de Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Direct Consequence ◽  
Armed Conflicts ◽  
Family Farming ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Military Conflict ◽  
Nutrition Security ◽  
Food And Nutrition ◽  
Access To Food ◽  
The Military

In times of crisis, one of the areas heavily affected has been food, as a direct consequence of the damage caused to family farming and therefore to Food and Nutrition Security (SAN). Climate change, in turn, causes widespread crises, which, due to their impact on humanity, and above all, on SAN, provide complex humanitarian crises, worsening hunger. The military conflict imposes difficulties in access to food and production. This study aimed to critically describe the panorama of climate change and armed conflicts in Africa, relating them to the pandemic of COVID-19 as a factor of aggravating the situation of food insecurity in African countries. A literature review study was carried out in various databases, journals and portals for this purpose, with emphasis on Google Scholar, CAPES and governmental portals. The results point to climate change, as being multicausal, and constitute a risk factor for agriculture and SAN, in African countries, characterized by the destruction of crops and the reduction of food availability. Armed conflicts makes difficult to produce and distribute food, especially for people who’s affected.

scholarly journals Impact of the nutrition education Program Nutriamigos® on levels of awareness on healthy eating habits in school-aged children

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 390-402
Author(s):  
Suzana Janson Franciscato ◽  
Guilherme Janson ◽  
Rachel Machado ◽  
José Roberto Pereira Lauris ◽  
Silvana Marques Javarez de Andrade ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Nutrition Education ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Private School ◽  
The Body ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Food And Nutrition ◽  
Before And After

 Introduction: With the increase of childhood obesity, early intervention in nutrition education becomes necessary. Therefore, during the school period, the school becomes the best place for implementation of a nutritional education program. Objective: The current study was carried out in a public and in a private school, with the objective of evaluating and comparing the results of the "Nutriamigos®" Program on food and nutrition knowledge of children with different socioeconomic levels, sex, age and Body Mass Index (BMI). Method: Comparative longitudinal study, before and after educational intervention. To evaluate the intervention, a public (school 1) and a private school (school 2) were selected. This was a random, convenience sample comparing students from different social and economic levels, consisting of 242 (school 1) and 99 children (school 2), respectively, totaling 341 children, from 6 to 10 years of age. The Body Mass Index was used to measure nutritional status. Knowledge about food and nutrition was evaluated through a questionnaire, applied before and after intervention. The nutritional intervention consisted of 12 classes of 50 minutes each. Results: The improvement in knowledge on food and nutrition between the pre and post intervention stages was statistically significant. Conclusion: The "Nutriamigos®" Program reached its goal, demonstrating that it is effective in public and private schools and should not be differentiated for boys or girls, or for children with normal or excessive weight.

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