O programa nacional de alimentação escolar e a importância do fortalecimento da agricultura familiar para a promoção da soberania e segurança alimentar e nutricional no Brasil

Abstract

Through a literature review, documentary and field research, the present work aims to characterize the importance of the National School Feeding Program (PNAE) as a policy to promote Sovereignty and Food and Nutritional Security (SSAN) and carry out a brief analysis of the impact the acquisition of food from PNAE family farming, generating income for local family farmers, within the municipality of Almirante Tamandaré. The emphasis was placed on the acquisition of food from family farming in the PNAE, as an example of public policy promoting SSAN, given its relevance to local development, enabling the generation of income for the farmers involved and improvements in the quality of food offered to the population. The increase in the generation of income from family farming was assessed with the requirement to purchase food from the PNAE at the municipal, state and federal levels. It was also analyzed reports of family farmers who provide food to the PNAE in Almirante Tamandaré. The results showed an increase over the years in the generation of income in this segment historically excluded from access to institutional markets and the positive impact of access to the institutional market to family farmers in Almirante Tamandaré.