No land for food: prevalence of food insecurity in ethnic communities enclosed by sugarcane monocrop in Colombia.
Leidy Johanna Hurtado-BermúdezIrene Vélez-TorresFabian MendezPublished in: International journal of public health (2020)
The sugarcane monocrop has contributed to environmental crises, spatial confinement and sociocultural disruption in ethnic territories; by renting, selling or leasing their land to the industrial production of sugarcane, traditional practices of food production and self-consumption have been profoundly transformed. Ethnic cultures are endangered, while food security and sovereignty of indigenous and black communities have been negatively affected.