COVID-19 and Food Insecurity in Latin America and the Caribbean

Hernández-Vásquez A.; Visconti-Lopez F.J.; Chacón-Torrico H.; Azañedo D. · Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition (2023) · DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2022.2086023

Resumen

The objective was to determine the prevalence of household food insecurity (FI) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Secondary analysis was performed using the waves 1 to 3 of the 2020 COVID-19 High Frequency Phone Surveys in 13 LAC countries. The countries with the highest FI in the first wave were Honduras (60.3%), Peru (58.1%) and Ecuador (57.9%). Likewise, the countries with the greatest differences in the prevalence of FI between the first and last waves in percentage points (PP) were Peru (−29), Guatemala (−27.7) and Bolivia (−21.8). LAC countries face a great burden of FI.

Instituciones: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas; Universidad Científica del Sur; Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola