Agricultura, cambio climático y nutrición : relación entre la producción agrícola y la calidad de la nutrición de infantes de 0 a 5 años, de distintos países del mundo.

Abstract

Climate change is one of the biggest risks to world health today. Among other effects, severe weather events that impact food production and availability contribute to climate change's indirect rise in the risk of child malnutrition. Children who are malnourished have impaired cognitive and physical development, which hinders their capacity to learn and make contributions to society. Stunting prevalence was used to quantify undernutrition in Latin America in 2022, and it had only slightly decreased from 2012. This research uses a panel data model to examine the impact of climate change on child undernutrition in Latin America, using data from 16 countries for the years 2001–2020. The findings show that although food production reduces child malnutrition, poverty, and wealth disparity, as well as climate change—which is assessed by the emissions of gases like carbon dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and methane—all contribute to malnutrition. Based on the study's findings, it can be said that one of the factors influencing child malnutrition in the nations under investigation is climate change.