Estimates from the United Nations (UN), released in June 2020, suggested that by the end of 2020 more than 130 million people worldwide could be food insecure, showing a worsening due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Interested in understanding this phenomenon in Brazil, the Research Group Food for Justice: Power, Politics and Food Inequalities in the Bioeconomy, based at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, conducted a public opinion survey. The data shows a picture of high food insecurity and reduced consumption of healthy foods during the Covid-19 pandemic. The results of the survey were released and debated on April 13, 2021. Watch the video on Youtube!

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• Presentation: Renata Motta (FU Berlin), Milene Pessoa (UFMG), Lúcio Rennó (UnB) and Melissa de Araújo (UFMG)
• Debate: Tereza Campello (USP) and Elisabetta Recine (UnB)
• Moderation: Marco Antonio Teixeira (FU Berlin) and Eryka Galindo (FU Berlin)