Open AccessVulnerability for food insecurity: Experiences of indigenous families in the Huasteca Potosina region, Mexico
Author(s) -
Andrea Daniela González-Martell,
Edison Enrique Sánchez-Quintanilla,
Nadia García-Aguilar,
Tiaré Hernández-Contreras,
Virginia Gabriela Cilia-López
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
estudios sociales - centro de investigaciones económicas y sociales de la universidad de sonora/estudios sociales
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2395-9169
pISSN - 0188-4557
DOI - 10.24836/es.v32i59.1162
Subject(s) - food insecurity , food security , indigenous , vulnerability (computing) , geography , socioeconomic status , socioeconomics , malnutrition , population , scale (ratio) , environmental health , economic growth , agriculture , sociology , economics , medicine , ecology , computer security , archaeology , cartography , computer science , biology
Indigenous communities in Mexico are vulnerable to food insecurity (FI) due to a series of factors that prevent them from having access to sufficient and nutritious food. Therefore, this population group has the highest chronic malnutrition in the country. Objective: This study describes the FI conditions of an indigenous community in the Potosina Huastec. Methodology: FI was measured with the Household Food Insecurity Access Component Scale (HFIAS). Results: There is food insecurity ranging from concern about food lack, food reduction, and hunger. The 95.57% of households with children under 18 years were in some state of food insecurity, with severe food insecurity dominating. Limitations: Was a cross-sectional study carried out in a community of the Potosina Huastec. However, it is the municipality with the highest degree of marginalization in the area, but the community chosen is the largest in the municipality. Nonetheless, the results can be considered representative of the area. Conclusions: The food security community depends on climatic, socioeconomic, demographic, geographic, cultural factors, food preference conditions, among others. In addressing food insecurity, it is necessary to consider all factors to have a real diagnosis of food insecurity conditions in rural and indigenous communities.