Challenges in Food Security, Nutritional, and Social Public Policies for Venezuela: Rethinking the Future
Food security in Venezuela presents signs of individual, family, community and national deterioration. The food and nutrition system has been weakened by the decrease in the production and the installation of parallel, irregular and insufficient distribution networks. Economic turmoil, political ins...
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| author | Marianella Herrera-Cuenca Marianella Herrera-Cuenca Marianella Herrera-Cuenca Maritza Landaeta Jimenez Yaritza Sifontes Yaritza Sifontes |
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| description | Food security in Venezuela presents signs of individual, family, community and national deterioration. The food and nutrition system has been weakened by the decrease in the production and the installation of parallel, irregular and insufficient distribution networks. Economic turmoil, political instability, hyperinflation, and poverty, the highest in recent history, limit the population's income and the access to quality food. The transition from capitalism to state-centered socialism has not been successful in ensuring enough foods for Venezuelans and the effect on the well-being of the population has been detrimental. This study proposes to design a public policy model based on the analysis of food security indicators, to generate an integrated framework of actions. The proposed model considers Dunn's classic public policy approach (2017) and the criteria of the Public Health Tools/Community Nutrition Program-Nutritional Care Process: Nutrition Care Process (NCP) of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 2012. The World Food Program survey on food security in Venezuela 2019, and the HumVenezuela.com 2020 platform were used. The integrated model includes two levels, one for bringing assistance to the most vulnerable and the other for strategic planning of structural, legal and institutional problems, and health and food safety gaps, in an ethical and moral framework that challenges corruption and promotes education and culture of peace. It is necessary for public policies to have parallel levels of actions to assist those most in need and to face long-term structural changes, which should begin as soon as possible, to ensure the correct path toward development. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3f1bf570f1ef48ecb5cedd21cbad8e3e2022-12-21T21:30:56ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems2571-581X2021-04-01510.3389/fsufs.2021.635981635981Challenges in Food Security, Nutritional, and Social Public Policies for Venezuela: Rethinking the FutureMarianella Herrera-Cuenca0Marianella Herrera-Cuenca1Marianella Herrera-Cuenca2Maritza Landaeta Jimenez3Yaritza Sifontes4Yaritza Sifontes5Centro de Estudios del Desarrollo (CENDES), Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, VenezuelaFundación Bengoa para la Alimentación y Nutrición, Caracas, VenezuelaObservatorio Venezolano de la Salud, Caracas, VenezuelaFundación Bengoa para la Alimentación y Nutrición, Caracas, VenezuelaFundación Bengoa para la Alimentación y Nutrición, Caracas, VenezuelaEscuela de Nutrición y Dietética, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, VenezuelaFood security in Venezuela presents signs of individual, family, community and national deterioration. The food and nutrition system has been weakened by the decrease in the production and the installation of parallel, irregular and insufficient distribution networks. Economic turmoil, political instability, hyperinflation, and poverty, the highest in recent history, limit the population's income and the access to quality food. The transition from capitalism to state-centered socialism has not been successful in ensuring enough foods for Venezuelans and the effect on the well-being of the population has been detrimental. This study proposes to design a public policy model based on the analysis of food security indicators, to generate an integrated framework of actions. The proposed model considers Dunn's classic public policy approach (2017) and the criteria of the Public Health Tools/Community Nutrition Program-Nutritional Care Process: Nutrition Care Process (NCP) of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 2012. The World Food Program survey on food security in Venezuela 2019, and the HumVenezuela.com 2020 platform were used. The integrated model includes two levels, one for bringing assistance to the most vulnerable and the other for strategic planning of structural, legal and institutional problems, and health and food safety gaps, in an ethical and moral framework that challenges corruption and promotes education and culture of peace. It is necessary for public policies to have parallel levels of actions to assist those most in need and to face long-term structural changes, which should begin as soon as possible, to ensure the correct path toward development.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2021.635981/fullVenezuelafood security policiesnutrition policiespovertyhunger |
| spellingShingle | Marianella Herrera-Cuenca Marianella Herrera-Cuenca Marianella Herrera-Cuenca Maritza Landaeta Jimenez Yaritza Sifontes Yaritza Sifontes Challenges in Food Security, Nutritional, and Social Public Policies for Venezuela: Rethinking the Future Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems Venezuela food security policies nutrition policies poverty hunger |
| title | Challenges in Food Security, Nutritional, and Social Public Policies for Venezuela: Rethinking the Future |
| title_full | Challenges in Food Security, Nutritional, and Social Public Policies for Venezuela: Rethinking the Future |
| title_fullStr | Challenges in Food Security, Nutritional, and Social Public Policies for Venezuela: Rethinking the Future |
| title_full_unstemmed | Challenges in Food Security, Nutritional, and Social Public Policies for Venezuela: Rethinking the Future |
| title_short | Challenges in Food Security, Nutritional, and Social Public Policies for Venezuela: Rethinking the Future |
| title_sort | challenges in food security nutritional and social public policies for venezuela rethinking the future |
| topic | Venezuela food security policies nutrition policies poverty hunger |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2021.635981/full |
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