Facing food security and climate change adaptation in semi-arid regions: lessons from the Brazilian Food Acquisition Program

Family farmers of semi-arid regions are especially vulnerable to climate change, due to the reliance on rain-fed production systems and the limited capacity to cope and adapt to impacts. The Brazilian Food Acquisition Program (PAA), as an example of a food procurement program that also functions as...

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Main Authors: Patrícia Mesquita, Carolina Milhorance
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Language:English
Published: Universidade de Brasília 2019-04-01
Series:Sustentabilidade em Debate
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Online Access:https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/sust/article/view/23309
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spelling doaj-cfb7508f6e924a7baa872a5f63ca06df2021-07-02T19:17:36ZengUniversidade de BrasíliaSustentabilidade em Debate2177-76752179-90672019-04-0110110.18472/SustDeb.v10n1.2019.2330923309Facing food security and climate change adaptation in semi-arid regions: lessons from the Brazilian Food Acquisition ProgramPatrícia MesquitaCarolina MilhoranceFamily farmers of semi-arid regions are especially vulnerable to climate change, due to the reliance on rain-fed production systems and the limited capacity to cope and adapt to impacts. The Brazilian Food Acquisition Program (PAA), as an example of a food procurement program that also functions as a food-based safety net for vulnerable populations, is analysed in a context of extreme drought in the Cariri region (Ceará state, Brazil).  Limitations that prevent the full range of potential PAA benefits are examined as perceived by institutional actors involved with the program, while measures to foster the full potential positive impacts on beneficiaries are discussed. Findings indicate that more consideration of the importance of governance and institutional factors on functioning of food acquisition programs, as well as the importance of the role of climate change on this equation, are essential for program sustainability, especially in a scenario of climate change.    https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/sust/article/view/23309Food Acquisition; Climate Change Adaptation; Social Protection; Policy Integration; Semi-arid; Brazil.
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Facing food security and climate change adaptation in semi-arid regions: lessons from the Brazilian Food Acquisition Program
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Food Acquisition; Climate Change Adaptation; Social Protection; Policy Integration; Semi-arid; Brazil.
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Carolina Milhorance
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title Facing food security and climate change adaptation in semi-arid regions: lessons from the Brazilian Food Acquisition Program
title_short Facing food security and climate change adaptation in semi-arid regions: lessons from the Brazilian Food Acquisition Program
title_full Facing food security and climate change adaptation in semi-arid regions: lessons from the Brazilian Food Acquisition Program
title_fullStr Facing food security and climate change adaptation in semi-arid regions: lessons from the Brazilian Food Acquisition Program
title_full_unstemmed Facing food security and climate change adaptation in semi-arid regions: lessons from the Brazilian Food Acquisition Program
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publisher Universidade de Brasília
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issn 2177-7675
2179-9067
publishDate 2019-04-01
description Family farmers of semi-arid regions are especially vulnerable to climate change, due to the reliance on rain-fed production systems and the limited capacity to cope and adapt to impacts. The Brazilian Food Acquisition Program (PAA), as an example of a food procurement program that also functions as a food-based safety net for vulnerable populations, is analysed in a context of extreme drought in the Cariri region (Ceará state, Brazil).  Limitations that prevent the full range of potential PAA benefits are examined as perceived by institutional actors involved with the program, while measures to foster the full potential positive impacts on beneficiaries are discussed. Findings indicate that more consideration of the importance of governance and institutional factors on functioning of food acquisition programs, as well as the importance of the role of climate change on this equation, are essential for program sustainability, especially in a scenario of climate change.   
topic Food Acquisition; Climate Change Adaptation; Social Protection; Policy Integration; Semi-arid; Brazil.
url https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/sust/article/view/23309
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