Situação de insegurança alimentar e nutricional da comunidade quilombola do Gurugi , Conde – Paraíba.

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Food is a human right, but millions of people in the world suffer from food shortages. Traditional quilombola communities are considered to be highly socially vulnerable groups, and present high prevalence of food insecurity and hunger. OBJECTIVE: To enable and broaden the discussion of the different faces of social exclusion and to try to identify how food insecurity is related to this condition. METHODOLOGY: A cross-sectional study was carried out, in which 30 families participated, responding to a questionnaire containing information about family characterization, socioeconomic data, and the Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale (EBIA). All data collected were transcribed to digital medium in a spreadsheet. The necessary classifications of the population interviewed were made and the variables were related according to food insecurity and the living conditions of the quilombola community.RESULTS: Food security (SA) was present in only 6 (20%) quilombola families, among the 24 (80%) families that were food insecure (IA), 12 (40%) had mild AI, 9 30%) moderate and 3 (10%) severe. 83.33% of families with under 18 years of age were food insecure; 44% were in mild AI conditions, 32% were in moderate AI and 12% had severe AI. Among the families that receive Bolsa Família 33.33% are in some level of AI, and 6 families were in Food security. CONCLUSION: There was a high prevalence of AI in the community, which shows that several factors are related to this situation, such as unequal distribution of income, lack of land and resources to produce, among others. It was also noted that the Family Grant program is not sufficient to guarantee food security, so it is necessary to maintain and deepen the program, associating it with other public policies.