Hunger, Food Sovereignty and COVID-19 Pandemic: Food Risks During Lockdown.

Objective: This article focuses on describing the food scenario of families in Cali (Colombia), where almost half of the city's population could not guarantee their access to adequate feeding during COVID-19 crisis. Methods: Involved 1. Analyze laws to understand their relationship with access to food in Cali during lockdown; and 2. Identify changes in the eating practices of families from different socioeconomic levels and the strategies used by the city's public institutions during lockdown. Results: Feeding was not considered from the beginning of the lockdown, which generated a food crisis. Institutional responses were insufficient in quality and coverage, since feeding aid focused on calories and logistic aspects. The solutions implemented by households were guided by collective action and social organization around the community pots. Conclusion: The contrast between food security strategies (focused on availability and access) and food sovereignty (with an emphasis on the collective) shows the need for structural transformations in food policies and in the collective imagination that allow for designing new food models focused on community wellbeing and not on economic growth to future emergencies.

Percepción del impacto del vertedero final de basuras en la salud y en el ambiente físico y social en Cali / Impact perception on health, social and physical environments of the municipal solid waste disposal site in Cali

Objetivo Describir el impacto auto-percibido en la salud y en el ambiente físico y social entre la población residente aledaña al vertedero de Navarro, el cual recibe los desechos de la ciudad de Cali. Metodología Se llevó a cabo un estudio cualitativo, entre febrero-noviembre de 2006, para explorar las vivencias de los residentes de las zonas aledañas al vertedero de basuras de Navarro. Participaron 16 personas con posición de liderazgo en sus comunidades. Se llevaron a cabo 7 entrevistas individuales semi-estructuradas y un grupo focal con 9 participantes. Se realizó un análisis temático, con el apoyo de redes temáticas, para identificar patrones recurrentes relacionados con la experiencia de vivir cerca del lugar de disposición final de basuras de Cali. Resultados Los participantes en el estudio perciben que los malos olores provenientes del vertedero de Navarro ocasionan principalmente enfermedades respiratorias. Además, se ha creado un estigma de lugar debido a los malos olores, las moscas y a la visibilidad de las basuras. Conclusión No sólo se auto-perciben los efectos del vertedero de basuras de Navarro en la salud física; sino, además, que debido al estigma de lugar se afecta el ambiente físico y social de la población que vive en la zona aledaña al vertedero.

Objective Describing the self-perceived impact on health of people living near to a solid waste disposal site in Cali and on their physical and social environments. Methods In addition to a cohort study, qualitative research was carried out to explore experiences amongst 16 residents in leadership positions in their communities. Seven semi-structured interviews and one focus group were conducted. Thematic analysis was developed using thematic networks to identify recurrent patterns related to theexperience of living in proximity to the solid waste disposal dump. Results Participants perceived respiratory health problems as mainly arising from the sickening odours emanating form the Navarro dump. The area has also developed a bad reputation (“stigma”) because of the exasperating odours, flies and the close view of waste disposal. Conclusions Participants perceived the Navarro dump had a negative impact on their physical health and also that its bad reputation in the neighbourhood had effects on the social and physical environment of people living close to the solid waste disposal dump.

[Impact perception on health, social and physical environments of the municipal solid waste disposal site in Cali]. / Percepción del Impacto del Vertedero Final de Basuras en la Salud y en el Ambiente Físico y Social en Cali.

OBJECTIVE: Describing the self-perceived impact on health of people living near to a solid waste disposal site in Cali and on their physical and social environments. METHODS: In addition to a cohort study, qualitative research was carried out to explore experiences amongst 16 residents in leadership positions in their communities. Seven semi-structured interviews and one focus group were conducted. Thematic analysis was developed using thematic networks to identify recurrent patterns related to theexperience of living in proximity to the solid waste disposal dump. RESULTS: Participants perceived respiratory health problems as mainly arising from the sickening odours emanating form the Navarro dump. The area has also developed a bad reputation ("stigma") because of the exasperating odours, flies and the close view of waste disposal. CONCLUSIONS: Participants perceived the Navarro dump had a negative impact on their physical health and also that its bad reputation in the neighbourhood had effects on the social and physical environment of people living close to the solid waste disposal dump.