A segurança alimentar e nutricional no Brasil diante da produção da soja transgênica

Abstract

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates released in 2014 indicate that the global food insecurity condition is still shrinking. Brazil was one of the countries that have made significant strides in combating hunger eradication, achieving in the same year the goals set by the FAO to reduce hunger in both the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the World Food Summit. The country is considered one of the most important in the agricultural sector - grain production and export -, constantly receiving the nickname of "barn country of the world". Each year, this assertion is intensified by its worldwide reference in the commodities market. One of the products that has been outstanding in the trade balance is soybeans and their byproducts, being widely diffused from the investments (public and private) in the production of genetically modified seeds. There are several contradictions related to this type of cultivation, as scientists from several countries around the world have asked to stop planting these varieties. This work aims to analyze, in spite of the brevity of these analyzes, if there is a correlation between the increase of the production of transgenic soybean and the reduction of the food insecurity in the country. It is assumed that the production of transgenic assumes little (or no) relevance in the national scenario of promoting food and nutritional security. Based on the data analyzed, social aspects (such as access to land, water, credit / income) and political aspects (access to public policies, for example, technical assistance) are affirmatively highlighted in this process. One of the main pillars to combat hunger in Brazil.