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SUBMITTER: Tenuta N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8657059 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tenuta Natalia N Barros Thaís T Teixeira Romero Alves RA Paes-Sousa Rômulo R
International journal of environmental research and public health 20211129 23
In recent decades food banks have become a worldwide response to the contradicting the coexistence of food losses and waste, on the one hand, and hunger and food insecurity on the other. In Brazil, food banks had a rapid expansion, becoming the object of public policy on Food and Nutrition Security and of non-profit private institutions. Our study presents an unprecedented overview of all the food banks currently active in the Brazilian territory, discussing their performances and perspectives. ...[more]