Chapter 19 - Soy on one side, livestock on the other: the food issue with regard to indigenous people and public policies in Paraguay

Introduction Paraguay has slightly more than seven million inhabitants, where around 1.6 million people (23.5%) live in households whose per capita income is lower than the cost of a basic food basket, and are therefore considered poor (DGEEC, 2020). Around 284,000 people, or 4% of the country’s pop...

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Main Authors Zimmermann, Silvia Aparecida, Britez Cohene, Diana Jazmin, Riquelme, Noelia
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Éditions Quæ 2022
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Summary:Introduction Paraguay has slightly more than seven million inhabitants, where around 1.6 million people (23.5%) live in households whose per capita income is lower than the cost of a basic food basket, and are therefore considered poor (DGEEC, 2020). Around 284,000 people, or 4% of the country’s population is in extreme poverty, where their monthly per capita income does even cover the cost of a minimum food basket. The highest...
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