Comedores infantiles e inseguridad alimentaria: Emergencias y adaptaciones durante la pandemia por COVID-19 en la provincia de Tucumán

Article

Authorship

LONGHI, HUGO FERNANDO ; Cordero, Romina Andrea ; Ise, Daniel ; MALDONADO MOYANO, JUAN LUCAS ; Luna, Adrián

Date

2022

Publishing House and Editing Place

Centro de Investigaciones Geográficas - Instituto de Geografía, Historia y Ciencias Sociales

Magazine

Estudios Socioterritoriales, vol. 32 (pp. 1-24) - ISSN 1853-4392
Centro de Investigaciones Geográficas - Instituto de Geografía, Historia y Ciencias Sociales

ISSN

1853-4392

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The situation in Argentina regarding its food security and nutritional problems, mainly in childhood, is known, which is expressed in the high prevalences of child malnutrition. In this structural context, the Covid-19 pandemic has deepened poverty levels and existing inequalities, components that in turn have had an impact on access to food, thus compromising food security, mainly in childhood. However, little is known about the role that extra-family institutions such as community children&rs... The situation in Argentina regarding its food security and nutritional problems, mainly in childhood, is known, which is expressed in the high prevalences of child malnutrition. In this structural context, the Covid-19 pandemic has deepened poverty levels and existing inequalities, components that in turn have had an impact on access to food, thus compromising food security, mainly in childhood. However, little is known about the role that extra-family institutions such as community children’s canteens would have had to mitigate this condition. The province of Tucumán, in particular, presents different evidences that have demonstrated the persistence of poverty and nutritional problems, among which food insecurity is included. Therefore, it constitutes an appropriate case to analyze the problem considering changes and continuities in the face of the outbreak of the pandemic.