When dealing with the topic of food, both scientifically and publicly, it is essential to overcome simplifications that do not do justice to its richness, depth and complexity. Issues related to agriculture and food often focus exclusively on land availability, calories per individual and yield per hectare, overlooking the fact that eco-food systems are at the center of many other fundamental concerns, such as nutrition , health, culture, employment and development.
By adopting a systemic and holistic perspective, the food system is configured as a prism through which we can observe, understand and transform our reality. Food encompasses various dimensions that influence people's knowledge and lives.
Consequently, it is necessary to go beyond the mere and common association of food with "production" and "consumption", to instead include references to its degree of sustainability evaluated in terms of quality, safety and protection, all 'within a broad political, cultural and symbolic perspective.
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