Brazil, the country is at the exit door of the hunger camp
*The country presents a value of 3.9%, average for the 2021-2023 period
*In 2014, Brazil leaves the hunger map, during Dilma Rousseff’s administration
*The country returns to the hunger map because of austerity policies
*Budget for production commodities for export is higher than the one for small farmers
*Govt. procurement of family farming products might be the solution for agrarian economies
*The country leads a task force against hunger and poverty
*In 2014, Brazil leaves the hunger map, during Dilma Rousseff’s administration
*The country returns to the hunger map because of austerity policies
*Budget for production commodities for export is higher than the one for small farmers
*Govt. procurement of family farming products might be the solution for agrarian economies
*The country leads a task force against hunger and poverty
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00:00And representatives of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization affirmed
00:04that Brazil is close to leaving the hunger map.
00:08These results are due to social programs and public policies during Lula da Silva's administration.
00:13With more details, our correspondent Ignacio Lemos.
00:20Around 733 million people in the world are food insecure and extreme poverty is on the
00:25rise.
00:26But Brazil, Indiana 2023, was the country with the best result on the planet and is
00:32at the exit door to the unhunger map.
00:35Lula da Silva's campaign promise for his third term in office is about to be fulfilled.
00:40Brazil, in the period 2021-2023, presents a value of 3.9%, the average for those three
00:54years.
00:56We work with a three-year index, so we are very close to 2.5%, which is the value to
01:03get out of the hunger map.
01:05In 2014, during Dilma Rousseff's administration, Brazil had left the hunger map.
01:12However, austerity policies, post-parliamentary coup and Bolsonaro's administration, aggravated
01:18by the COVID-19 pandemic, caused the country to return to that category.
01:23At the time, more than half of the Brazilian population was food insecure.
01:31We have an 85% reduction in severe food insecurity, which threatens life as it was in the case
01:40of the Yanomami natives.
01:43We also had 17.4 million people living moderate and severe food insecurity.
01:50This data showed that Brazil has all the conditions, even during this term of office
01:56of President Lula, to leave the map of hunger behind.
02:01Currently, the production of commodities for export by agribusiness receives far more government
02:08resources than the budget for small farmers, despite the fact that the latter is responsible
02:15for most of the food produced in Brazil.
02:18In a context of climate crisis and global food price inflation, government procurement
02:23of family farming products could be the solution that feeds back into agrarian economies.
02:30Today, we market 70 tons per month in our cooperative, a little for local business and
02:42some for institutional projects, such as the Food Acquisition Program.
02:49It is profitable for the producer, who has a small property, to produce vegetables.
02:56It is a good project that also allows us to produce food that we consume every day.
03:07At the same time, as pro-temporary president of the G20, Brazil is leading a task force
03:13to launch a global alliance against hunger and poverty that seeks to reduce inequalities
03:19between regions and countries.
03:21The articulation can count on the adhesion of countries outside the G20 group.