The nutrition right in Brazil: An analysis of state inefficiency in the coronavirus pandemic contexto

Resumo

Issues linked to hunger and poverty are considered a serious political-social problem in Brazil, in which the situation is aggravated by the new coronavirus pandemic and the application of emergency measures. In detriment of this, the inefficiency of state actions with the aim of enshrining access to adequate food for all is evident, with a serious failure in the application of correct public policies, in which a vision of the government as a benefactor and not as a guarantor is established. of rights. Thus, we used a methodological procedure based on documental and exploratory analysis, with a bibliographic method, when analyzing literature on the subject and inserting a critical analysis of those referred, through a qualitative approach. From which an understanding of the right to food in relation to hunger and poverty in Brazil was made possible, as well as the understanding of failed actions regarding the guarantee of the aforementioned, in addition to the realization of the need to implement redistributive policies.