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Titre : Evaluation of the Brazilian Fome Zero and the Mexican Oportunidades Anti-hunger Programs as Strategies to Improve Food Security

Auteur : Bultmann Julia

Université de soutenance : Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi

Grade : Maestria en Ciencias Ambientales 2013

Résumé partiel
The present paper evaluates the two approaches Fome Zero and Oportunidades of Brazil and Mexico as strategies to improve food security. The analysis shows that various significant differences but also similarities exist in the economic, social and environmental structures of both countries.

The analysis is conducted on the basis of an examination of the current agricultural production and the import/export structure of both countries. Furthermore, the country-specific poverty structure, the conditions of food insecurity as well as three main reasons of poverty are scrutinized, which are : - land and income concentration - vulnerability to high food prices and food price fluctuations - social exclusion of large parts of the society

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