Abstract

RIVERA GIRONAS, Nicole et al. Water Pollution and the Right to Food Security of Andean and Bolivian Indigenous Communities of Titicaca in the Katari Basin. Revista Economía y Política [online]. 2024, n.39, pp.136-158.  Epub Jan 30, 2024. ISSN 2477-9075.  https://doi.org/10.25097/rep.n39.2024.08.

Andean and Bolivian Indigenous Communities of Titicaca often depend on their natural resources to ensure their food security, making them especially vulnerable to environmental fluctuations and changes in the ecosystem. Under this criterion, this study applies a qualitative methodology to analyze the relationship between the food security of the communities of the Cohana Bay region (taking the Chojasivi community as a case study) and water pollution in the Katari basin. The results reveal that such contamination has generated a potential effect on access, availability, use and stability over time of the food that makes up the basic food basket of the community.

Keywords : Water; agriculture; Cohana Bay; Andean communities; water pollution; Katari basin; livestock; Titicaca Lake; fishing; food security.

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