Relationship between financial speculation and hunger: a narrative review

Miyashiro M.J.K. · Revista Espanola de Nutricion Comunitaria (2022)

Resumen

Background: Hunger is a situation of underconsumption of food and financial speculation can aggravate this problem. The objective was to show the relationship between financial speculation and the problem of hunger. This is intended to show the need for the policies applied in the face of financial crises not only to be economic, but also related to food. Methods: Bibliographic review has been used, the causes of hunger in the world were searched, thus finding 82 sources, of which 23 were selected because the authors showed the problem of hunger and the rise in food prices during the period 2007-2008. Results: Between the years 2007 and 2008 the prices of agricultural products increased vertiginously in the world. Much of that price increase was due to financial speculation. The number of people suffering from hunger also grew and the profits from the speculative sector also increased. Conclusions: The main relationship between financial speculation and hunger is due to the rise in food prices generated by the first, thus aggravating the problem of undernourishment. The countries that suffer the most are those dependent on the import of basic foods, this can be seen with the case of Peru.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos