Hunger, food sovereignty and COVID-19 pandemic: Food risks during lockdown

Objective: This article focuses on describing the food scenario of families in Cali (Colombia), where almost half of the city’s population could not guarantee their access to adequate feeding during COVID-19 crisis. Methods: Involved 1. Analyze laws to understand their relationship with access to fo...

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Main Authors: Chavarro, Monica Juliana, Mosquera-Becerra, Janeth
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Frontiers Media 2023
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/134689
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description Objective: This article focuses on describing the food scenario of families in Cali (Colombia), where almost half of the city’s population could not guarantee their access to adequate feeding during COVID-19 crisis. Methods: Involved 1. Analyze laws to understand their relationship with access to food in Cali during lockdown; and 2. Identify changes in the eating practices of families from different socioeconomic levels and the strategies used by the city’s public institutions during lockdown. Results: Feeding was not considered from the beginning of the lockdown, which generated a food crisis. Institutional responses were insufficient in quality and coverage, since feeding aid focused on calories and logistic aspects. The solutions implemented by households were guided by collective action and social organization around the community pots. Conclusion: The contrast between food security strategies (focused on availability and access) and food sovereignty (with an emphasis on the collective) shows the need for structural transformations in food policies and in the collective imagination that allow for designing new food models focused on community wellbeing and not on economic growth to future emergencies.
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spelling CGSpace1346892025-12-08T10:29:22Z Hunger, food sovereignty and COVID-19 pandemic: Food risks during lockdown Chavarro, Monica Juliana Mosquera-Becerra, Janeth foods-food alimentos comportamiento del consumidor pandemics pandemias hunger hambre behaviour-behavior confinamiento Objective: This article focuses on describing the food scenario of families in Cali (Colombia), where almost half of the city’s population could not guarantee their access to adequate feeding during COVID-19 crisis. Methods: Involved 1. Analyze laws to understand their relationship with access to food in Cali during lockdown; and 2. Identify changes in the eating practices of families from different socioeconomic levels and the strategies used by the city’s public institutions during lockdown. Results: Feeding was not considered from the beginning of the lockdown, which generated a food crisis. Institutional responses were insufficient in quality and coverage, since feeding aid focused on calories and logistic aspects. The solutions implemented by households were guided by collective action and social organization around the community pots. Conclusion: The contrast between food security strategies (focused on availability and access) and food sovereignty (with an emphasis on the collective) shows the need for structural transformations in food policies and in the collective imagination that allow for designing new food models focused on community wellbeing and not on economic growth to future emergencies. 2023-11-13 2023-11-23T14:15:57Z 2023-11-23T14:15:57Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/134689 en Open Access application/pdf Frontiers Media Chavarro, M.J.; Mosquera-Becerra, J. (2023) Hunger, food sovereignty and COVID-19 pandemic: Food risks during lockdown. International Journal of Public Health 68: 8 p. ISSN: 1661-8556
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Hunger, food sovereignty and COVID-19 pandemic: Food risks during lockdown
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