Food supply and COVID -19: an analysis of the farmers markets in Vale do Rio Pardo-RS

• Autor(a) principal: Preiss, Potira V.
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Navarro, Renata Soares, Weber, Jaime Miguel, Mello, Lavinia Lopes de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/san/article/view/8661446
• topic: Seguridad alimentaria; Mercados de proximidad; Pandemia; Food security; Proximity markets; Pandemic; Segurança alimentar; Mercados de proximidade; Pandemia

Considering the relevance of actions to strengthen family farming as a strategy to overcome hunger, poverty and food insecurity, this article aims to understand how COVID-19 pandemic is impacting family farm markets at Vale do Rio Pardo region, indicating the challenges experienced in maintaining trade and the consequences for food supply. The research occurred between April and August of 2020, based on an exploratory methodology, with qualitative and quantitative data collection. The results indicate that the majority of local farmers markets remain active thanks to the mobilization of farmers to implement security measures both at personal level and at trading channel. There was also a positive performance by local governmental organizations vis-à-vis farming families, with no records of infection among people involved in the studied cases. The characterization and socio-spatial distribution of farmers markets in the region are an unprecedented and important result in setting an agenda for future research.