Impacto das atividades não agrícolas sobre a segurança alimentar e nutricional das famílias rurais do Nordeste brasileiro

Abstract

From the last Family Budget Survey (POF) there was a decline in food and nutrition security conditions compared to data from previous surveys, and it appears that the population of rural areas in Brazil suffer the most, especially those in the North and Northeast regions where, historically, they have difficulties due to their variability in the geographic, social and economic context of the country. Concerning the interpretation of this scenario, the relevance of non-agricultural activities and their impact on food and nutritional security in rural Northeastern households is investigated. For this diagnosis, data from the National Household Sample Survey (2013) and the Propensity Score Matching (PSM) model are used, emphasizing the Kernel and Nearest Neighbor (NN) methods. It was seen that non-agricultural activities contribute to the condition of food and nutritional security in the Northeast, and both methods showed quality of pairing. It can be seen that in the northeastern states the implications of new opportunities for generating income in the countryside corroborate the minimization of food insecurity and are perceptions to combat the present condition.