This paper explores the possibilities of the nutrition-sensitive agriculture approach in the context of the programs and actions towards promoting food and nutrition sovereignty and security in Brazil. To analyze the links between nutrition and agriculture, this paper presents the conceptual framework related to food and nutrition security, and stresses the correlations among concepts, institutional structures and program design in Brazil. Dominant models of food production and consumption are scrutinized in the light of these relationships. This paper also highlights differences amongst different ways to promote nutrition-sensitive agriculture through food-acquisition programs from family farmers, experiences in agro-ecology and bio-fortification programs. In the closing remarks, the paper draws some lessons learned from the Brazilian experience that highlight the advantages of family farming and rapid food production, distribution and consumption cycles in order to promote access to an affordable, diversified and more adequate diet in nutritional terms.
Programa Bolsa Família: nova institucionalidade no campo da política social brasileira?Resumo: O Programa Bolsa Família foi implantado pelo governo federal brasileiro em outubro de 2003 com a perspectiva de combater a pobreza e a fome no país e promover inovações no padrão histórico de intervenção pública na área social. Esse artigo analisa o desenho do Programa, buscando identificar possíveis inflexões nele contidas, a partir dos seguintes eixos: foco e condições de acesso, condicionalidades, descentralização, intersetorialidade e controle social. O estudo tomou por referência a legislação e documentos oficiais, apontando limites e potencialidades à sua operacionalização. Dentre as mudanças pretendidas, destaca-se o complexo esforço de ampliação da arena decisória, de forma a incorporar diferentes níveis e esferas governamentais e a sociedade civil. Por outro lado, observam-se limites dados pela restrição dos mecanismos de focalização da clientela e pela indefinição de aspectos relativos ao controle social e à gestão compartilhada. A questão das condicionalidades configura uma polêmica central, merecendo estudos mais aprofundados. Palavras-chave: política social, combate à pobreza, programas de transferência de renda, Bolsa Família.
The Family Grant Program: New Institutionalism in Brazilian Social PolicyAbstract: The Family Grant Program was established by the Brazilian federal government in October 2003 to fight poverty and hunger and promote innovations in government social intervention. This article analyzes the program's design and tries to identify possible inflections contained within it, based on the following focus: conditions of access, conditionalities, decentralization, intersectoral factors and social control. The study analyzed official documents and legislation, and indicates the limits and potential for their operationalization. The changes planned are highlighted by the complex effort to expand the decision-making arena, in order to incorporate different government levels and spheres as well as civil society. Limitations were noted that were created by the restrictive mechanisms for the focalization of clientele and by the lack of definition of factors related to social control and shared management. The question of conditionalities is a central problem that deserves greater study.
This paper discuss the findings of a study examining the Implementation of Brazil's Family Allowance Program in Rio de Janeiro at São Francisco de Itabapoana and Duque de Caxias, conducted in 2004 -2005
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