A relação; Agronômia, saúde e nutrição humana

Abstract

The concept of food and nutrition is much broader and is characterized by highlighting social, cultural and public health factors. One of the factors correlated to food, human health and food security is the production of food, which is carried out in a conservationist concept and based on monocultures, which undermines the capacity for nutritional variety, compromising lower classes access to it. The objective of this article was to know the directions of scientific research that link agronomic work to health, in a direct and indirect way. For this, a literature review was carried out in bibliographic databases such as Scielo, Google Scholar and Portal de Periódicos CAPES. Articles, theses and documents published in Portuguese or English were selected from 2015 to the present day. In this context, it was found that food crops can be managed to acquire specific nutrients, with the aim of improving the health conditions from most needy people, since malnutrition cannot be isolated from poverty and inequality. In conclusion, food security reflects social issues, which are evidenced in places where malnutrition is linked to poverty, lack of education and lack of infrastructure that guarantees dignity to human life.