@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"
}