Objective:

To analyze the challenges and potentialities in guaranteeing the right to adequate food, in relation to the different repertoires of actions of the State, families and social organizations in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in different scenarios in the province of Santiago del Estero, Argentina, focusing on historically vulnerable sectors.

Methodology:

The approach is positioned in a complex, territorial and feminist perspective. The methodology involved a mixed qualitative-quantitative approach, using semistructured interviews and surveys differentiated by territorial scenarios. It was deepened through case studies.

Results:

The effects of the pandemic on the production of the AFCI, the logistics between production and consumption and the access and consumption of food are described, considering transversal aspects. The deterritorialization of food associated with public policies that leave food in the hands of the market is problematized. We also identify the family and community strategies deployed, as well as the role of social organizations and women in the process of territorializing food.

Limitations:

The mobility constraints of the pandemic, limited the possibilities of accessing informants and generating a robust sampling strategy so the information presented does not pretend to be representative of the entire province.

Conclusions:

To guarantee the right to adequate food, territorialized public policies associated with the principles of food sovereignty are needed. These should be thought from the universality of the right from a complex approach, considering the diversity of scenarios and access to water and land. To this end, social organizations are indispensable and their work must be recognized.