@Article{NolascoSolFreLahOme:2017:LiNuSe,
author = "Nolasco, Camille Lanzarotti and Soler, Luciana de Souza and
Freitas, Marcos W. D. and Lahsen, Myanna Hvid and Ometto, Jean
Pierre Henry Balbaud",
affiliation = "{Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto
Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Universidade Federal
do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)} and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas
Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais
(INPE)}",
title = "Scenarios of vegetable demand vs. production in Brazil: the links
between nutritional security and small farming",
journal = "Land",
year = "2017",
volume = "6",
number = "3",
pages = "number 49",
month = "Sept.",
keywords = "food security, Brazil, density map, vegetable demand, vegetable
production, small farming, household budget survey.",
abstract = "Dietary guidelines urge Brazilians to increase their consumption
of raw vegetables. Yet key issues must be tackled by the
government and civil society, not only to foster consumers'
appetite for healthier food, but more importantly to diminish the
gaps between local demand and production, determined by food and
land accessibility. We examine whether vegetable production in
Brazil meets the demand to provide Brazilians the daily amount of
fresh food recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO).We
developed demand scenarios in Brazil for 2008 and 2030, based on
demand density maps built at the district level using production
census surveys, household acquisition data, and population growth
estimates. Results reveal an inherent inequality in vegetable
consumption between the southern and central northern regions of
Brazil that follows food insecurity regional indicators. Even in
more urbanized regions and metropolitan areas, where the best
balance between vegetable production and acquisition is found,
simulated demand is far fromWHOrecommendations. A complementary
discussion regarding land distribution and fresh food production
supports our outlook on the weaknesses of existing rural policies
for land reform and sustainable local fresh food production that
directly affect demand and nutritional security. This work was the
foundation to the Delivering Food Security on Limited Land (DEVIL)
project in Brazil supported by Belmont Forum consortium.",
doi = "10.3390/land6030049",
url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land6030049",
issn = "2073-445X",
language = "en",
targetfile = "nolasco_scenarios.pdf",
urlaccessdate = "27 abr. 2024"
}