Bases estruturais da segurança alimentar e nutricional na Comunidade Geraizeira de Vereda Funda em Rio Pardo de Minas, Minas Gerais

Abstract

The issue of food security has gained increasing prominence on both international and national agendas. In this context, family farming stands out in addressing the problems of food and nutritional security. Analyzing the geraizeiro family farming requires understanding the characteristics that allow it to be attributed qualities that surpass superficial observation. This work aims to analyze the structural bases of food security identified in the geraizeiro community of Vereda Funda in the rural area of Rio Pardo de Minas in the state of Minas Gerais. The first specific objective is to identify the spatial arrangements that foster forms and structures favorable to the maintenance of the geraizeiro production mode. The second specific objective is to understand in detail the complexity of integrating the multiple functions of geraizeiro family farming and its contribution to the consolidation of food and nutritional security in this traditional community. The third specific objective is to uncover the role of environmental perception in the geraizeiro community of Vereda Funda as a determining factor in constructing an integrated system. The methods used included bibliographic and documentary research, 'in loco' visits with participatory observation, and the application of semi-structured and structured interviews. The results indicate that the geraizeiro families of Vereda Funda are assured of their right to food and nutritional security through the family agricultural production model as an instrument of their territoriality, managing to maintain and develop their traditional production mode and ancestral knowledge.