Prevalência de segurança alimentar e nutricional entre feirantes de Dourados/MS

Abstract

Fairs, especially agroecological ones, benefit the family farmer in the region, boost the local market, democratize the wealth generated by agriculture and work to overcome rural poverty, help ensure food and nutritional security for producers and consumers. Due to the lack of studies about this population and its importance to the local economy, this research had the objective of characterizing the fairgrounds of the municipality of Dourados/MS in relation to socioeconomic, demographic aspects, Food and Nutrition Security and Insecurity (SAN and IAN). This is a descriptive, cross-sectional, quantitative study, consisting of a semi-structured interview, relating socioeconomic and demographic data to the level of food and nutritional security measured through the Brazilian Household Safety and Food Insecurity Measure - BHSFIM. The study was applied to 75 merchants of the free trade fairs of the municipality of Dourados, both adults and elderly, of both sexes, from May to September 2017. As a result, for FNS equivalent to 83.1% of the households, while 12.7% had light FNI, 1.4% expressed moderate FNI, and 2.8% reflected severe FNI. It is concluded that the study presents a socioeconomic and demographic profile similar to the population of the country, and also an fruitful result of FNS, however, it is noted that cross-fertilizers and agroecological producers are more susceptible to insecurity, due to existence of factors that are preponderant for the finding of insecurity in households, such as: race, presence of minors, female support, low schooling, low income, and low inclusion in social programs.