102 Alabastro: revista eletrônica dos alunos da Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, São Paulo, ano 4, v. 1, n. 7, 2016, p. 102-111. Susana Herrero Olarte Security as a Global Public Good (GPG) 1 1 Tradução para o inglês do artigo de HERRERO, Susana. La seguridad alimentaria como Bien Público Global. In: Comentario Internacional: revista del Centro Andino de Estudios Internacionales (CAEI), Quito – Ecuador, n. 13, 2013. Available in: http:// repositorio.uasb.edu.ec/bitstream/10644/4146/1/12-OT-Herrero-La%20seguridad.pdf Pesquisadora do Centro de Investigaciones Económicas y Empresariales, Universidad de las Américas (UDLA), Equador (olartesusana@hotmail.com) TRADUÇÃO Abstract The need to end hunger continues to be a pressing issue. Because of the devastating direct and indirect impacts of food shortages, 850 million people worldwide suffer from malnutrition. Among the factors that inluence food supplies for humanity, those tied to the extraordinary process of globalization have become increasingly important. It is therefore necessary to decide whether food security should be addressed from a global perspective or still be considered a national issue. Keywords globalization; economic integration; food security; global public goods.