Food Security In Guatemala

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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports 16.7 million children under the age of eighteen live in a household where consistent access to adequate amounts of nutritious food for a healthy life is not obtainable. This is called food insecurity. Although this is harmful to any individual, it has major implications for children. Nutrition establishes

No where on Earth does another country hold the tropical climate and beauty identical to that of Guatemala. Located on Mexico’s Southern border, “Guatemala is a scenic landscape of smoldering volcanoes and swirling mists, where the tropical hues of nature compliment the rainbow colors of traditional dress.” (Sheehan, 1) Guatemala is truly a wonder to behold with it’s stunning geographic features, tropical climate and weather Patterns, agricultural economy, colorful culture and history, and another multitude of interesting features.

Guatemala is totally centralized by transportation, communications, business, politics, and the most important urban activity takes place in the capital of Guatemala City. In which numbers are around of two million inhabitants within the city limits and more than five million in the metropolitan, constituting over a third of the country's population.

Surrounded by the Central American countries of Mexico, Belize, Honduras and El Salvador , lies the beautiful and captivating country of Guatemala. But looking inside the country filled with breathtaking views, is a whole new world marked with such diversity in its culture. Guatemala’s diverse culture is demonstrated through its people, traditions and etiquettes, arts and landmarks, and foods and holidays.

Guatemala is located in Central America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean, El Salvador, Mexico, Honduras and Belize. It is the most populous country in Central America with an estimated population of around 15.47 million.

Guatemala is often recognized in three stages, Mayan Empire, Spanish rule and last but not least the Modern Republic. Every single one of the stages have had a great influence on the food in Guatemala. The ancient civilization of the Mayan lasted for over six – hundred years before it collapsed in 900 A.D. Usually Spanish dishes like tamales, enchiladas, Guacamole, and tortillas consist of the Guatemalan diet. Guatemala doesn’t have a national dish but there are many dishes that have become more of an everyday dish. Over many years tourism, exports of textiles nontraditional agriculture, such as vegetables that don’t produce very well in the winter time and cut flowers have been greatly purchased, and apparel to continue to represent the exports market. Approximately 13.4% of the children age 7 to 14 are working 68% work in agricultural based things, 13% in the industrial based things, and 18% involved in the services

A staple diet for Guatemalans is maize. Maize is corn, but it has different colors. In almost all their meals one would find black beans, white rice, and corn tortillas. For breakfast they would often eat scrambled eggs and fried plantains. In Guatemala black beans would be eaten fried, mashed, or eaten whole. Chicken, turkey, and beef are the most popular meats in Guatemala usually eaten with black beans and rice. On the costs* of Guatemala seafood is the most common and it is mostly eaten with spices. Guatemalan people love coffee and they drink it with lots of

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“Mangos, mangos, 3 Quetzales !!”. This is the first thing I heard and saw on my trip to Guatemala this past summer. I saw a 9 year old barefoot boy struggling to walk through the busy streets of Guatemala carrying a woven basket that contained ripe and bright orange mangos inside of it. I turned around to my dad and said, “Dad look!! Oh my gosh!! Shouldn’t he be in school?”. My dad always told me about Guatemala and the continuous struggles that he and others faced on a daily basis when he lived there. For the first time I actually saw what my dad talked to about with my very own eyes. What I was seeing was crystal clear and not what I hoped to be a dream.

Introduction to the Indigenous Population in Guatemala To the developed world, Guatemala may just seem like another poor undeveloped Latin American country, in part with its indigenous community to blame. Yet surprisingly, areas like Antigua Guatemala are “one of the places where the wealthy from all over the world come to live and to vacation and to buy homes” (Little 24). Today, the population of indigenous individuals is still a substantial “forty percent” but the remaining “sixty percent are Ladino” (CIA). Ladinos are those who have a mixed background of Indian, whether Mayan or Aztec, and Spanish descent. Although a paper citing the colonial past and economic implications of Maya culture would be interesting on its own, this paper is prioritizing

A large problem of childhood poverty is malnutrition. Since these children are growing up in poverty, many of the parents have a hard time supplying food for their kids. Surprisingly, there

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Malnutrition is a serious health concern for people that are residing in Haiti, especially the children. Malnutrition has a serious effect on the body, “children [that] suffer from acute malnutrition are at a great risk for severe morbidity and mortality” (Roller, Gray, Previl, Forrest, 2014, p. 1094). There is no reason for these children to be suffering from malnutrition when there is such a simple solution to fix malnutrition. According to UNICEF the percent of children that are underweight and is considered moderate to severe is 11.4