COVID-19 and Food Insecurity in Latin America and the Caribbean. Issue 3 (4th May 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hernández-Vásquez, Akram; Visconti-Lopez, Fabriccio J.; Chacón-Torrico, Horacio; Azañedo, Diego
• Is Part Of: Journal of hunger & environmental nutrition. Volume 18:Issue 3(2023)
• Page Start: 372
• Page End: 379
• Publication Date: 2023-05-04
• Subjects: Food insecurity -- COVID-19 -- Latin America; Nutrition -- Environmental aspects -- Periodicals; Hunger -- Environmental aspects -- Periodicals; Food supply -- Periodicals; 613.2
• DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2022.2086023
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1932-0248

Abstract

ABSTRACT: 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.