A FOME E A AGRICULTURA URBANA E PERIURBANA NA AGENDA DE POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS DO BRASIL
Fabio Henrique Albuquerque de Jesus
Revista Americana de Empreendedorismo e Inovação
Urban Farm DB summary
A theoretical essay on hunger in Brazil (2025) applies the Public Policy Cycle Model to the persistent, structural problem of hunger in Brazilian politics, noting that hunger is not unique to Brazil — about two billion people worldwide experience moderate or severe food insecurity — while all Brazilian regions show nutritional deficits tied to inadequate or insufficient food intake. In this context, it frames urban and peri-urban agriculture (AUP) as a social and public-policy tool for promoting food and nutrition security, examining the agenda-setting and formulation stages of AUP policy through discussions from Brazil's National Conferences on Food and Nutrition Security. Noting the 2024 establishment of Brazil's National Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture Policy and its ties to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the essay concludes that much remains to be done to strengthen AUP as public policy and consolidate its social, economic, and environmental impact, particularly to make it effective for promoting food and nutrition security.