Segurança alimentar e nutricional no contexto amazônico: uma revisão de literatura

Abstract

Food and Nutritional Security ( FNS ) is a concept that is being discussed wordwide, defined by a multiplicity of indicators of human well-being and quality of life. The Amazon region with rich biodiversity and food variety shoud presente high levels of food security, but research carried out indicates a nutritional déficit. The objective of this study was to understand aspects of Food and Nutritional (in) security in the Amazon, through a theoretical review of scientific articles, where twelve articles relating to food security in the Amazon region were selected. The results found indicate that EBIA was the predominant evaluation method in 33.3% of studies, being used in conjunction with other evalution methods. An association was observed between AI and lower income, lower education, housing, poor sanitation, food availability and number of residentes greater than five people, in addition, seasonality and food consumption patterns were included. SAN ranged from 10.9% to 65.37%. IAL from 20,65% to 33.58%, AMI from 7.96% to 20.0% and IAG/S from 6,02% to 44.6% in the studies. Therefore, it is concluded that several economic, social and environmental factors have contributed to food (in) security in the amazon region.