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NAVARRETE ZENDEJAS, Luis Octavio. Strategies against Hunger in Yucatan: A Historical Look at the Food Problem. Península [online]. 2020, vol.15, n.2, pp.55-72.  Epub 12-Nov-2020. ISSN 1870-5766.

The way hunger is understood and addressed as a convoluted problem varies greatly in different contexts and spatial-temporal scales. The ways public policy has attempted to solve this problem have been ineffective, as there are many social and natural implications that come together. To propose a solution at the root of such a complex, transcendental, and convoluted problem, it is essential to have a deep understanding of the historical development and the particular characteristics of each context and scale. Having said that, this article proposes a historical review of the food-supply problem in the Yucatan Peninsula: the main elements of the natural environment that provoke it, and how the social environment has implemented different strategies to resolve it, according to the dominant food capacities and interests.

Palabras llave : Convoluted problem; hunger; food capacities; natural environment; social environment.

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