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Author Chappell, M. Jahi (Michael Jahi), author

Title Beginning to end hunger : food and the environment in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, and beyond / M. Jahi Chappell ; with a foreword by Frances Moore Lappé
Published Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
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Contents Introduction : food and famine futures, past and present -- Food security, food sovereignty, and beginning to end hunger -- Belo Horizonte : all five A's on the horizon -- Multiple streams and the evolution of the Secretariat of Food and Nutritional Security -- Farm, farmer, and forest : SMASAN and the environment -- Conclusions : Belo Horizonte and beyond
Summary "Beginning to End Hunger presents the story of Belo Horizonte, home to 2.5 million people and the site of one of the world's most successful city food security programs. Since its Municipal Secretariat of Food and Nutritional Security was founded in 1993, malnutrition in Belo Horizonte has declined dramatically, leading it to serve as an inspiration for Brazil's renowned Zero Hunger programs. The Municipal Secretariat's work with local family farmers also offers a glimpse of how food security, rural livelihoods, and healthy ecosystems can be supported together. While inevitably imperfect, Belo Horizonte offers a vision of the path away from food system dysfunction, unsustainability, and hunger. This case study by M. Jahi Chappell shows the vital importance of holistic approaches to food security, offers ideas on how to design successful policies to end hunger, and lays out strategies for making policy change happen. With these tools, we can take the next steps toward achieving similar reductions in hunger and food insecurity elsewhere in the developed and developing worlds."--Provided by publisher
Analysis 1990s
activism
activist
belo horizonte
brazil
developed world
developing world
economic policy
ecosystem
end hunger
food production
food scarcity
food security
health and wellness
local farmers
malnutrition
national security
nutrition
policy change
public health
rural
small farm
social policy
social welfare
starvation
welfare
world hunger
zero hunger
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Food security -- Brazil -- Belo Horizonte
Nutrition policy -- Brazil -- Belo Horizonte
Food supply -- Government policy -- Brazil -- Belo Horizonte
Hunger.
Hunger
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Agriculture & Food.
Food security
Food supply -- Government policy
Hunger
Nutrition policy
Brazil -- Belo Horizonte
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2017046063
ISBN 9780520966338
0520966333