Facing food security and climate change adaptation in semi-arid regions: lessons from the Brazilian Food Acquisition Program

Autores/as

  • Patrícia Mesquita Centro de Desenvolvimento Sustentável, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brasil
  • Carolina Milhorance Centro de Desenvolvimento Sustentável, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18472/SustDeb.v10n1.2019.23309

Palabras clave:

Food Acquisition; Climate Change Adaptation; Social Protection; Policy Integration; Semi-arid; Brazil.

Resumen

Family farmers of semi-arid regions are especially vulnerable to climate change, due to the reliance on rain-fed production systems and the limited capacity to cope and adapt to impacts. The Brazilian Food Acquisition Program (PAA), as an example of a food procurement program that also functions as a food-based safety net for vulnerable populations, is analysed in a context of extreme drought in the Cariri region (Ceará state, Brazil).  Limitations that prevent the full range of potential PAA benefits are examined as perceived by institutional actors involved with the program, while measures to foster the full potential positive impacts on beneficiaries are discussed. Findings indicate that more consideration of the importance of governance and institutional factors on functioning of food acquisition programs, as well as the importance of the role of climate change on this equation, are essential for program sustainability, especially in a scenario of climate change. 

 

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Biografía del autor/a

Patrícia Mesquita, Centro de Desenvolvimento Sustentável, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brasil

Pós-doutoranda do Centro de Desenvolvimento Sustentável, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brasil.

Carolina Milhorance, Centro de Desenvolvimento Sustentável, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brasil

Pós-doutoranda do Centro de Desenvolvimento Sustentável, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brasil

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Publicado

2019-04-30

Cómo citar

Mesquita, P., & Milhorance, C. (2019). Facing food security and climate change adaptation in semi-arid regions: lessons from the Brazilian Food Acquisition Program. Sustainability in Debate, 10(1), 30–42. https://doi.org/10.18472/SustDeb.v10n1.2019.23309

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