In the last decade, the Brazilian government implemented a new government acquisition policy with impacts on family farming. This new policy aimed to increase market shares of these social actors as well as to provide better meals in public schools. Government acquisition processes intend to provide schools with food as well as create opportunities for farmers in areas facing slow economic growth. Through this unique program, family farmers have opportunities to enter local and regional markets. The aim of this thesis is to assess the balance between production and consumption under the public police for school food acquisitions in areas facing slower economic growth. To this end, a literature review on the importance of public policies and the improvement of programs for family farming and rural development was carried out. Moreover, cases of local markets with schools and other public facilities facing these acquisitions norms are presented.The cases are based on field study carried out in a group of municipalities participating in the Territories of Citizenship Program in the states of São Paulo and Espírito Santo. Results show that indeed municipalities from considered territories are purchasing food from local family farmers to provide school meals. In addition, some family farmers associations that entered local markets are also succeeding in other regional marketplaces, especially in the State of São Paulo.Given that the government food demand in producing regions is reduced, marketing with other regions is a great opportunity. It is worthy to note that largest cities also need to acquire food from family farmers creating new opportunities for market expansion. The inability of technical support and training services to follow up production, temporal asynchrony of supplier and customers, difficult to advance in processing stages and to obtain inspection certificates and appropriate packing are among the major challenges faced by family farmers to enter markets. Moreover, many farmers cannot fulfill required quality standards, to cope with high logistic costs, among other challenges. From the perspective of public facilities receiving these products -city halls, for instance -there are also challenges such as internal red tape to purchase food, poor infrastructure to receive food, lack of communication with farmers, etc. Despite many municipalities participate in territorial policies, interaction and partnerships with nearby municipalities and other federal institutions are reduced.