Brazil’s Return to the Hunger Map: An Analysis of Public Policies and Effective Measures for Food Security

Ana Tereza Souza Domingos, Carolina Oliveira Mesquita, Emiliano Lobo de Godoi and Thiago Augusto Mendes ()
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Ana Tereza Souza Domingos: Law School, Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Goiânia 74605-220, Goiás, Brazil
Carolina Oliveira Mesquita: Law School, Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Goiânia 74605-220, Goiás, Brazil
Emiliano Lobo de Godoi: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Goiânia 74605-220, Goiás, Brazil
Thiago Augusto Mendes: Graduate Program in Technology, Management and Sustainability, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Goiás (IFG), Goiânia 74968-755, Goiás, Brazil

Laws, 2023, vol. 12, issue 6, 1-13

Abstract: The planning and application of public policies in the panorama of the right to adequate food stands out for the development of the food supply of the Brazilian population. However, it is questionable whether these public policies have been effective in contributing to adequate nutrition. The aim of this article is to study the effectiveness of public food security policies in Brazil between 2012 and 2022. Also, urban agriculture is analyzed as an alternative food policy that can be carried out by the population, and contributes to the use of urban space. To understand the country’s food security situation and the effectiveness of public policies in avoiding a scenario of hunger and insecurity, the hypothetical-deductive method and the technique of bibliographical and documentary research are used, together with the theoretical framework in the theory of the cycle of public policies. It is concluded that the public policies developed were gradually weakened, and that between 2019 and 2022, the Brazilian government took measures discouraging the implementation of food policies. Brazil, with disjointed policies, facing the pandemic and an economic crisis, is in a situation of food insecurity and has portions of the population in a situation of hunger.

Keywords: public policy; food security; pandemic; right to food (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D78 E61 E62 F13 F42 F68 K0 K1 K2 K3 K4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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