Insegurança alimentar: a influência da inflação no poder aquisitivo dos brasileiros (2015 a 2021)

Abstract

There are numerous determinants that prevent individuals from having access to a healthy and nutritious consumption basket, one of these is the cost of food that in crisis situations tend to have an increase in their prices, but the real income remains the same. With the change of government in the country, the programs that contribute to ensuring the food of the most vulnerable sections of the population lost strength, and with that many families went back to dealing with hunger and food uncertainty. In Brazil, food insecurity has grown in general, but it has a greater impact on the less favored sections of the population that do not have savings reserves and have a restrictive budget. Low-income individuals suffer the most, as as food prices rise, the purchasing power of income is reduced. In this context, the objective of the research is to analyze the influence of rising prices, in Brazil, from 2015 to 2021, on the purchasing power of the low-income population, and its impact on food insecurity. Methodologically, the study will be approached by neoclassical economics, according to the methodological individualism method. It can be concluded that inflation is decisive for the loss of purchasing power. Any change in prices and real income reflects on consumption. This raises the poorest and what impacts food insecurity.