Experiências de insegurança alimentar frente à crise ambiental em comunidades quilombolas do Pará

Abstract

This article investigates how environmental changes affect food and food security in quilombola communities in the northeastern region of Pará. It is a qualitative study with an analysis of interviews and videos from communities in Abaetetuba and Barcarena. The interviews addressed perceptions about the environment, food practices, their impacts, and experiences. The content analysis of the interviews and videos revealed that participants expressed food insecurity with reports of "hunger" and "inadequate food." Environmental changes negatively affect family farming and access to healthy food, with highlights on the economic exploitation of land, soil and river pollution, and the installation of industries around the communities. However, strategies were identified to mitigate the effects of the environmental crisis through traditional knowledge. This analysis provides a comprehensive view of the challenges and responses of quilombola communities to climate change.