Alimentar Direitos, Cultivar Justiça:

Desafios e Perspectivas da Segurança Alimentar no Extremo Sul da Bahia

Abstract

Food is a fundamental human right, recognized by international and national legal frameworks as essential for dignity and social justice. This article examines food security as a human right in the Southernmost region of Bahia, focusing on the “beiradeiros” communities. The main objective is to investigate how the regional development model—characterized by land concentration, eucalyptus monoculture, and social exclusion—affects the realization of the right to adequate food. The justification lies in the persistence of hunger in Brazil, despite institutional and legal advances, which highlights the need to understand both the limits and the possibilities of building more inclusive and emancipatory alternatives. The methodology is qualitative, based on interdisciplinary literature review and documentary analysis. The expected results indicate that food insecurity reflects structural inequalities and concentrated economic models, but also the emergence of alternatives grounded in social participation, recognition of local knowledge, and critical legal perspectives aimed at social emancipation.