Agricultura urbana e peri-urbana: uma resposta alimentar a cresecente urbanização da cidade de Nampula
Thesis Subjects > Nutrition Ibero-american International University > Research > Doctoral Thesis Cerrado Portugués Já lá vão décadas em que a pobreza, insegurança alimentar e malnutrição em África foram sempre vistas como sendo problemas das zonas rurais. A partir do final do século XX, devido a rápida urbanização na África Subsaariana, as zonas urbanas foram sendo severamente atingidas pela pobreza, de maneira que os meios de subsistência, segurança alimentar e nutricional foram se tornando escassos. Moçambique é exemplo desses países, estando entre 10 países mais pobres do mundo, de 185 países avaliados pelo Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento. Os índices globais de desnutrição globais continuam elevados. “Atualmente, vivem no mundo cerca de 7 bilhões de habitantes, dos quais perto de 11% são desnutridas correspondendo à 795 milhões de indivíduos, dos quais, 220 milhões encontram-se na África Subsaariana” (FAO, FIDA, & PMA, 2015, p.8-11). O baixo consumo de frutas e hortaliças é tido como o maior fator para a baixa ingestão de micronutrientes, portanto, de desnutrição mundial. O consumo diário de 400 g de frutas e hortaliças ajuda a aliviar a deficiência de micronutrientes e a prevenir doenças crônicas associadas à alimentação e estilos de vida urbanos não saudáveis. O tamanho do agregado familiar mostra uma associação negativa com a procura de hortaliças e frutas. O sexo do chefe do agregado familiar é também determinante para o consumo de hortaliças e frutas. Famílias chefiadas por mulheres tendem a consumir mais hortaliças e frutas que às chefiadas por homens. A agricultura urbana e periurbana desempenha um papel importante no combate a insegurança alimentar e nutricional. Cerca de 15 a 20% da alimentação mundial provém da agricultura urbana e periurbana e 130 milhões de produtores urbanos vivem em África. A presente pesquisa pretende melhorar a alimentação das populações dos bairros periurbanos da cidade de Nampula contribuindo com a redução dos índices de desnutrição nesta cidade metadata Chiambiro Zano, Filipe mail UNSPECIFIED (2018) Agricultura urbana e peri-urbana: uma resposta alimentar a cresecente urbanização da cidade de Nampula. Doctoral thesis, Universidad Internacional Iberoamericana México.
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Já lá vão décadas em que a pobreza, insegurança alimentar e malnutrição em África foram sempre vistas como sendo problemas das zonas rurais. A partir do final do século XX, devido a rápida urbanização na África Subsaariana, as zonas urbanas foram sendo severamente atingidas pela pobreza, de maneira que os meios de subsistência, segurança alimentar e nutricional foram se tornando escassos. Moçambique é exemplo desses países, estando entre 10 países mais pobres do mundo, de 185 países avaliados pelo Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento. Os índices globais de desnutrição globais continuam elevados. “Atualmente, vivem no mundo cerca de 7 bilhões de habitantes, dos quais perto de 11% são desnutridas correspondendo à 795 milhões de indivíduos, dos quais, 220 milhões encontram-se na África Subsaariana” (FAO, FIDA, & PMA, 2015, p.8-11). O baixo consumo de frutas e hortaliças é tido como o maior fator para a baixa ingestão de micronutrientes, portanto, de desnutrição mundial. O consumo diário de 400 g de frutas e hortaliças ajuda a aliviar a deficiência de micronutrientes e a prevenir doenças crônicas associadas à alimentação e estilos de vida urbanos não saudáveis. O tamanho do agregado familiar mostra uma associação negativa com a procura de hortaliças e frutas. O sexo do chefe do agregado familiar é também determinante para o consumo de hortaliças e frutas. Famílias chefiadas por mulheres tendem a consumir mais hortaliças e frutas que às chefiadas por homens. A agricultura urbana e periurbana desempenha um papel importante no combate a insegurança alimentar e nutricional. Cerca de 15 a 20% da alimentação mundial provém da agricultura urbana e periurbana e 130 milhões de produtores urbanos vivem em África. A presente pesquisa pretende melhorar a alimentação das populações dos bairros periurbanos da cidade de Nampula contribuindo com a redução dos índices de desnutrição nesta cidade
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Cidade de Nampula, Agricultura urbana e periurbana, Bairros peri-urbanos, Desnutrição, Urbanismo |
| Subjects: | Subjects > Nutrition |
| Divisions: | Ibero-american International University > Research > Doctoral Thesis |
| Date Deposited: | 31 Jan 2022 23:55 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Jan 2022 23:55 |
| URI: | https://repositorio.unini.edu.mx/id/eprint/505 |
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