The Impact of Land Tenure on Food Security of Indigenous Communities
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Knight, Christopher Alexander Ciege Jacox
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2022
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Amazon , Food Security , Forested Community , Indigenous , Land Rights , Land Tenure
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How does land tenure and security-- the legal rights to land and defense of property�" impact the food security of Indigenous communities? Indigenous communities throughout Latin America often depend on the land to meet their basic food and water needs. Recently, arable land and natural resources have become more important due to the 2008 recession and fears of an impending food crisis (Borras et al, 2012). Agricultural corporations, states, and other entities have actively begun buying or renting large swaths of land classified as ‘under-utilized’ or ‘unoccupied’ from countries and institutions willing to conduct business (Araya, 2019; Ashukem, 2020; Borras et al, 2012; Aguilar-Støen, 2016; Bebbington and Bebbington, 2009). This has increased land insecurity in many parts of the region due to an increase in competing claims over resource rich lands, often spaces inhabited by Indigenous populations.Scholars have found that land tenure and security can impact cultural practices, spirituality, and mental health, which may permanently alter how Indigenous communities subsist in the region (Hinchman and Hinchman, 1998). While the body of literature examining land tenure’s impact on mental health and spirituality is growing (e.g, Hagen and Minter, 2019), to date little research has evaluated land tenure’s effects on food security of Indigenous and rural communities in Peru. This brings us back to the research question at hand: What are the food security implications of informal land tenure on Indigenous communities? What framework for implementing land tenure proves to be better for Indigenous communities and their food security.
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