La accesibilidad alimentaria en municipios de las provincias de Mayabeque y Artemisa. Una visión de consumidores

A study was conducted in the municipalities of San Jose de las Lajas and Bahia Honda, Cuba, with the objective of knowing the level of accessibility to food by the population in 2013 and 2015. The indicators analyzed were availability based on the supply in the points of sale in popular councils of those localities. To carry out this work, a total of approximately 100 consumers were surveyed in each municipality, each year. In the month of August of each year surveyed, a total of 10 or 15 points of sale were visited in the two municipalities, visited several times. It can be concluded that the supply of accessible food products for the population of the municipalities is still poor in quantity, quality and variety. The most serious problem is the high prices of products in these popular markets. Frequently, will be able to find a small increase in years of diversity but the price has grown more. However, there is enough production and / or potential in them to solve this situation. In two ways: on the one hand prioritizing the amount of food that satisfies the demands, on the other increasing production accompanied by variety and quality through the installation of irrigation infrastructure and putting to produce the land that is still idle or weakly used, as well as through the reorganization and stabilization of the production chain of the products. It is necessary to update the infrastructure of the markets and their mechanisms. There is a capacity to respond to the risks of food vulnerability in both municipalities.