Panorama da compra de alimentos da agricultura familiar para o Programa Nacional de Alimentação Escolar

Abstract

This article seeks to describe the viewpoint of purchasing food products from family farmers, analyzing their performance within the new guidelines of the Brazilian School Nutrition Program (PNAE). It is a critical assessment based on a review of the literature and the official data provided by the National Fund for the Development of Education/Ministry of Education relating to 2010. The program budget in 2010 was approximately R$2.5 billion and attended 45.6 million children, adolescents and adults. From the total amount, R$150,397,052.68 was allocated for the purchase of agricultural products from family farmers. In Brazil, 47.4% of the local councils acquired food products from family farmers for the Brazilian School Nutrition Program and the purchase percentage was, on average, 22.7%. Given the nature of recent legislation, other aspects should be explored in order to strengthen the compliance with the regulations in different Brazilian contexts and thus contribute both to local economic development and the provision of school meals which fulfill the principles of a healthy and adequate diet.

Family farming products on menus in school feeding: a partnership for promoting healthy eating

“…In a previous study nationwide was identified that eight of the 18 cities analyzed also acquired over 30% of the resource (TOYOYOSHI et al, 2013). Considering only the Brazilian southeast region, the purchase over 30% was reported by 42.4% of cities (SARAIVA et al, 2013).…”

“…In a nationwide study this same cause represented 21.1% of the justifications for not performing the purchase (SARAIVA et al, 2013). Other authors pointed out that the difficulty for the purchase, may be due to the presence of large companies of the sector involved in selling food to the government and public institutions (REAL & SCHNEIDER, 2013), as well as technological limitations and the reduced manpower in small properties (RIBEIRO et al, 2013).…”

“…It was also noted that after this period there has been a deceleration in the number of cities that started the purchasing process. In a study based on literature review and official data of Brazilian government, 47.4% of Brazilian cities have reported acquiring FF for the NSFP in 2010 (SARAIVA et al, 2013), consequently, from that time, it has already been implemented changes in menus for inclusion of these products.…”

“…Although the purchase of family farming products is a step forward in relation to the transfer of income and strengthening of the local economy, few studies have been published so far, and they are restricted to the purchase panorama between family farmers and school feeding programs in regional and national ambit (VILLAR et al, 2013;SARAIVA et al, 2013). The impact of the acquisition of these products in school meals, specifically the quality of the menus offered to schoolchildren, has not been described in scientific literature.…”

Características de gestão, funcionamento e cardápios do Programa Nacional de Alimentação Escolar em escolas Kaingáng do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

“…Dentre outros aspectos incorporados ao programa a partir de 2003, destacam-se a extensão de sua cobertura a escolas de populações diferenciadas, como indí-genas e quilombolas, com um valor per capita por aluno superior àquele destinado a alunos da sociedade envolvente 3 ; a obrigatoriedade de que as escolas indígenas e quilombolas forneçam, no mínimo, 30% das necessidades nutricionais diá-rias dos alunos por refeição e, quando em perío-do integral, no mínimo 70% 3 3 , as quais estipulam que, no mínimo, 30% do total dos recursos repassados do FNDE sejam destinados à compra de alimentos, preferencialmente orgânicos, produzidos pela agricultura familiar local, regional ou nacional 5 . Em relação a este último aspecto, o programa intenciona impactar na vocação agrí-cola dos municípios, fomentando o desenvolvimento da economia local, além do incentivo e respeito aos hábitos e alimentos regionais.…”