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Die Verringerung der Armut und Ernährungsunsicherheit in ländlichen Regionen Brasiliens: Die Wirkung des Null‐Hunger‐Programms
Author(s) -
Mattos Ely José,
Bagolin Izete Pengo
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
eurochoices
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.487
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1746-692X
pISSN - 1478-0917
DOI - 10.1111/1746-692x.12150
Subject(s) - poverty , food security , food insecurity , rural area , context (archaeology) , economic growth , rural poverty , basic needs , scope (computer science) , development economics , population , geography , poor people , political science , socioeconomics , agriculture , economics , environmental health , medicine , archaeology , law , programming language , computer science
Summary Nearly one in six people in Brazil live in rural areas, representing a diverse population facing a variety of challenges that often differ from their urban counterparts. Access to basic food and the alleviation of poverty are key issues in many rural communities and this article provides an overview of the scope of public policies designed to improve food security and support poverty reduction in rural areas of Brazil. In particular we discuss actions implemented since 2003 under Brazil's Zero Hunger Program. The context for this important programme is described by reporting various indicators of poverty and food insecurity used for both rural and urban areas in Brazil. We argue that Brazil has been successful in reducing rural poverty and in improving the nutritional status of many people living in rural areas and that the Zero Hunger Program has played a significant role in achieving these positive outcomes. However, although poverty and hunger have been considerably reduced in the last decade, and there have been important improvements in rural areas, there is still a long way to go before Brazil can claim to have eliminated poverty and hunger.