'Latin America should be the region with the least hunger in the world,' says researcher.
Juan José Borrell is the author of the book "Geopolitics and Food: The Challenge of Food Security in the Face of International Competition for Natural Resources".
247 -Juan José Borrell, author of the book Geopolitics and Food: The Challenge of Food Security in the Face of International Competition for Natural Resources ("Geopolitics and Food: The Challenge of Food Security in the Face of International Competition for Natural Resources," in a free translation), gave an interview to the portal. BBC and considers that "what is happening in Latin America and the Caribbean represents a great paradox".
"Among the regions considered to be developing, our continent has the fewest people suffering from chronic hunger. The latest World Bank reports estimated an average of around 55 million people," he begins.
“But currently, Latin America produces food for 1,3 billion people and has the capacity to produce even more. Latin America is a major food producer, but part of its population does not have access to food supplies,” he assesses.
According to the writer, “Latin America is the place where there should be the fewest hungry people in the world. It is perhaps the richest continent in resources, fertile land, drinking water, and biodiversity, but its political economy, a combination of extremely liberal and extremely socialist policies, has generated increased poverty, regression of the middle class, and changes in food consumption.”
“We are observing a phenomenon that did not exist half a century ago. People who manage to access food supplies are consuming food with lower nutritional quality. It is a phenomenon that is not limited to poverty, but also affects the middle class,” he adds.
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