Family farming and institutional markets: analysis of the perception of Universidade Federal de Pelotas restaurant goers about a preferential shopping system

Abstract

The purpose of this article was to investigate the perception of the students of the school restaurants of the Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel) on a system of preferential purchases. This is done through public calls that give preference to production coming from the family agriculture of Pelotas and region. A semi-structured questionnaire (survey) was applied focusing on the level of knowledge and information of respondents on what is family farming, on the aforementioned system and their respective social developments. It was verified that there are differences of perception according to the area of knowledge of the respondents. Meanwhile, there is great convergence regarding the importance of this system for the regional economy.

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“…Estas últimas están determinadas especialmente por relaciones de confianza, proximidad y reciprocidad. En ese contexto se insertan la denominada»short food supply chain» (Renting, Marsden y Banks, 2003), los circuitos de proximidad (Aubri y Chiffoleau, 2009), las «Community-supported Agriculture» (Junqueira y Moretti, 2018), los mercados institucionales (Anjos, Pollnow, Menezes, Caldas y Silveira, 2019) y -lógicamente-, las ferias de productores que colorean el paisaje de nuestras ciudades.…”